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Subject: RE: [ausbirthingcommunity] What the Pollies are offering Midwifery? Date: Fri, 8 Oct 2004 16:01:23 +0930 From: "Kanck, Sandra" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Allison, Lyn (Senator)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Dear all,
I have a wonderful working relationship with midwives in South = Australia, so I was a bit miffed to read how Justine had effectively = dismissed the work of the Democrats on midwifery and said that a = formally lodged preference ticket (which is required anyway under = electoral laws) was of "particular interest", inferring that it was of = more interest than the record and commitment of the Democrats.
Lyn Allison has spelt out our record and our policies, but I want to = speak up for myself.
For ten years I have been the sole MP in the South Australian parliament = pushing midwifery issues, attempting to amend legislation to recognise = the professionalism of midwives, pushing the Government to assist = independent midwives to obtain indemnity cover, asking questions about = midwives access to retraining, and this year introducing a Midwives Bill = into the parliament.
I note also (because he has included me in some of his e-mails) that = Duncan Dean, one of the Democrat candidates in the Northern Territory, = has made the cause of midwives one of the centrepieces of his campaign.
We've had this scare campaign about Family First - emanating from the = Greens Party which has lots to gain by putting down the Democrats - = going quite extensively in South Australia. Let me assure you that = water cannot run two ways at once. We in South Australia will be = getting Family First preferences, and it then becomes a physical = impossibility for FF to get ours.
Please don't let experienced electoral manipulators scare you into = changing your vote because you don't know how the system works. The = polls show that Family First will not win a single Senate seat across = Australia.
Yours sincerely Sandra Kanck SA Democrats Parliamentary Leader
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