Hi, Lara said I haven't seen anyone else post this URL yet; sorry if I missed it and am repeating something. One of the Age's photos of Kirstie Marshall feeding her baby is here: http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2003/02/26/1046064105574.html The Australian newspapers and TV have been alive with photos of women breastfeeding in the last few days. Kirsty Marshall, formerly an olympic arial skier, and now a member of State Parliament was asked to leave the chamber during question time on Wednesday by the Sargent At Arms. She was breastfeeding her 11 day old baby. The baby was regarded as a "stranger" (ie not an elected member of parliament.) This, as you can imagine, has caused great controversy. Most of the media and public comment has been supportive of breastfeeding in public, but we have got some unsupportive comments as well. It has co-incided with a large seminar hosted by the Australian Breastfeeding Association on Thursday in Melbourne where Sheila Kitzinger was our keynote speaker. The media attention at the conference reached a state of frenzy. Our spokespeople worked overtime giving media interviews for several days. Yesterday's Herald Sun and Age in Melbourne featured ABA counsellor Andrea Porteous feeding her 10mnth old. She was "allowed" to feed her child in the public gallery at Parliament House. She was asked at the door whether she intended go in to feed her baby by a nervous attendant. She replied "I most certainly am - in fact he's feeding now" The attendant hadn't even noticed. Barb Glare Australian Breastfeeding Association *********************************************** To temporarily stop your subscription: set lactnet nomail To start it again: set lactnet mail (or digest) To unsubscribe: unsubscribe lactnet All commands go to [log in to unmask] The LACTNET mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software together with L-Soft's LSMTP(TM) mailer for lightning fast mail delivery. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html