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Senate Select Committee on Women's Health - Perth, WA (part 2 of 2)

9 November 2026

Contents updated on 9 Nov 2026

Opening of the hearing with expert witnesses outlining fragmentation in postnatal care, proposing midwife‑led and multidisciplinary models, extending structured follow‑up to 12 months, and detailing breastfeeding, mental health, trauma, partner and violence-related policy needs and data gaps.

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Expert opening statements — postnatal care gaps

00:20

Introductions and postnatal care gaps — Wilson

00:20

Prosser — rationale for multidisciplinary postnatal model

03:47

Prosser — structured postnatal timeline and early interventions

06:23

Prosser — policy asks on funding, trauma, and violence

09:40

Perrella — breastfeeding, inequities and data needs

12:10

Committee Q&A — antenatal planning, breastfeeding training and service funding

16:54

Q — Smith: antenatal planning; Wilson and Prosser responses

16:54

Prosser — preparing couples and support structures antenatally

19:54

Q — Smith: breastfeeding training standards for clinicians

22:43

Q — Smith: building and funding lactation consultant workforce

24:53

Midwives, lactation rebates and postnatal care plans

27:39

National breastfeeding strategy — implementation gap

32:13

One For Women model — funding, continuity of care

32:25

Q — pelvic physio access and WA First 1000 Days

34:53

Panel responses — cost barriers and group models

35:32

Final lived experience panel — childbirth, breastfeeding and postnatal support

47:21

Chair — opening of final lived experience panel

47:21

Witness Emer Ormes — childbirth, breastfeeding pressure and lack of support

48:59

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Senate Select Committee on Women's Health - Perth, WA (part 2 of 2)

9 November 2026

Senate Select Committee on Women's Health Mon, 9 Nov 2026 Parliament of Australia

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00:19 - 00:34

Speaker 2

Good morning. And I now welcome Ms Lynda Wilson, Dr Stewart Prosser and Dr Sharon Perrella. Thank you so much for joining us today. I'll ask each of you to please state your full name and the capacity in which you're appearing today, and we'll start with Ms Wilson.

00:34 - 00:41

Speaker 8

I'm Lynda Louise Wilson. I'm here as an endorsed midwife and lactation consultant and business owner.

00:41 - 00:42

Thank you. Dr Prosser.

00:42 - 00:51

Speaker 7

I'm Dr Stewart Prosser. I'm a GP proceduralist, I'm GP obstetrician, GP anaesthetist, and I'm an owner of Western Family Practice.

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