Stop the Suspension and or closure of Murwillumbah District Labour and Birthing Suite Petition: Signature List Feed http://www.gopetition.com/signatures/stop-the-suspension-and-or-closure-of-murwillumbah-district-labour-and-birthing-suite.html Online petition signatures en-us Thu, 12 Mar 2026 08:30 UTC GoPetition RSS Feed Generator Copyright 2026 GoPetition mrs lynette poole [Signature #3311] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/19560453?utm_medium=rss We need to save regional hospitals and all hospitals. It seems that we have been railroaded into believing silence means all is well, not so. Are we following American influence???? disaster.With maternity and labour emergency it is too far to travel. Ballina lost its labour/maternity facilities which cut staffing and fear of emergency labour/emergency caesar etc.

]]> Wed, 16 Dec 2015 04:54:02 UTC 19560453 Ms kylie buchanan [Signature #3310] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/19239468?utm_medium=rss Sun, 30 Aug 2015 06:50:59 UTC 19239468 miss alicia lynch [Signature #3309] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/19238890?utm_medium=rss Sat, 29 Aug 2015 11:56:17 UTC 19238890 Mrs Anonymous [Signature #3308] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/19227236?utm_medium=rss Wed, 26 Aug 2015 03:26:01 UTC 19227236 Chris Lazenby [Signature #3307] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/19227226?utm_medium=rss Wed, 26 Aug 2015 03:23:59 UTC 19227226 Sally-Anne Brown [Signature #3306] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/19210542?utm_medium=rss Thu, 20 Aug 2015 06:01:23 UTC 19210542 Ms Lucy Mason [Signature #3305] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/19197067?utm_medium=rss Sun, 16 Aug 2015 10:37:15 UTC 19197067 Ms Belinda Cashen [Signature #3304] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/19192678?utm_medium=rss Sat, 15 Aug 2015 08:19:32 UTC 19192678 Mrs Heather Maggs [Signature #3303] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/19181252?utm_medium=rss Women should be supported to birth where they feel comfortable either at home, in a small birthing centre, or in a tertiary hospital. Having these small centres available to healthy low risk women takes the pressure off the tertiary or regional hospitals.

]]> Sun, 9 Aug 2015 11:55:20 UTC 19181252 Deklan Spry [Signature #3302] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/19146396?utm_medium=rss Fri, 31 Jul 2015 09:36:58 UTC 19146396 lila parry [Signature #3301] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/19107637?utm_medium=rss This is an essential service E

]]> Fri, 24 Jul 2015 01:56:58 UTC 19107637 Mrs Sharne Monaghan [Signature #3300] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/19093077?utm_medium=rss Do not shut down this wonderful service, it would be a great injustice to many mums and bubs.

]]> Tue, 21 Jul 2015 06:52:10 UTC 19093077 Mrs Suzanne Gort [Signature #3299] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/19086051?utm_medium=rss Sat, 18 Jul 2015 10:11:42 UTC 19086051 Ms sue Eagle [Signature #3298] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/19059813?utm_medium=rss My husband and I we're born here, we had both of our daughters here I couldn't imagine having them anywhere else! Fantastic staff and care,a perfect environment for new mothers and babies. Absolutely appalling to think the government would even consider closing such a fantastic facility to exhaust tweed and increase stress for mothers who live out of town.

]]> Wed, 15 Jul 2015 12:30:53 UTC 19059813 Ms Fiona Creighton [Signature #3297] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/19054273?utm_medium=rss Tue, 14 Jul 2015 04:45:10 UTC 19054273 Anonymous [Signature #3296] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/19047233?utm_medium=rss Mon, 13 Jul 2015 07:02:00 UTC 19047233 christina cruz [Signature #3295] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/19041009?utm_medium=rss I would like to birth my child at home in Tyalgum this November 2015.

Having Murrwillumbah birthing center as my back up plan in ideal, We hope that you will do what is right for the community and assist in the reopening of those facilities.

]]> Fri, 10 Jul 2015 06:07:57 UTC 19041009 Mr Lance Priestley [Signature #3294] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/19040633?utm_medium=rss Thu, 9 Jul 2015 11:00:50 UTC 19040633 Ms Bron Priestley [Signature #3293] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/19040629?utm_medium=rss Thu, 9 Jul 2015 10:59:02 UTC 19040629 Mrs Anonymous [Signature #3292] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/19038666?utm_medium=rss Thu, 9 Jul 2015 04:09:23 UTC 19038666 Mrs Ruth Gott [Signature #3291] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/19038572?utm_medium=rss No birthing centres should be closed!!
Ever Australian woman has the right of choice!!

]]> Thu, 9 Jul 2015 02:08:27 UTC 19038572 Mr Clayton Houghton [Signature #3290] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/19038525?utm_medium=rss My wife is due mid November. Please reopen this valuable natural birthing service. We are not going to Tweed. Free birth will be our only other option as we are students and can't afford to pay a midwife.

]]> Thu, 9 Jul 2015 01:10:21 UTC 19038525 Mrs natasha mcauliffe [Signature #3289] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/19038339?utm_medium=rss More birth centres should be getting opened across the country not closing down, they offer a service that cannot be received in a hospital birth suite.

]]> Wed, 8 Jul 2015 10:35:29 UTC 19038339 Mrs Donna da Costa [Signature #3288] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/19038338?utm_medium=rss Wed, 8 Jul 2015 10:35:11 UTC 19038338 Miss Stephanie Boyko [Signature #3287] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/19038200?utm_medium=rss Wed, 8 Jul 2015 09:25:53 UTC 19038200 Mrs Kate Houghton [Signature #3286] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/19038075?utm_medium=rss The decision to close Murwillumbah Birthing Centre is horrible and heartless. You have devastated many local families. The unnecessary stress I feel with the uncertainty of where I will be giving birth is not something I need right now while trying to provide the best start in life for my child. For the sake of the health, happiness and wellbeing of many expectant mothers, the centre needs to be reopened immediately.

]]> Wed, 8 Jul 2015 08:27:56 UTC 19038075 Ms Helen Gordon [Signature #3285] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/19029045?utm_medium=rss Sun, 5 Jul 2015 08:54:12 UTC 19029045 Mrs Michelle O'Leary [Signature #3284] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/19023659?utm_medium=rss As a previous NSW health employee and a mother of 2 children, both of whom were born at murwillumbah, I strongly advocate support for the service to continue. The birthing service provides an essential alternative for expectant mothers who wish to have a midwife led model of care.

]]> Fri, 3 Jul 2015 07:18:40 UTC 19023659 ms keltie foster [Signature #3283] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/19023553?utm_medium=rss Fri, 3 Jul 2015 06:44:37 UTC 19023553 mrs Michelle Gray [Signature #3282] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/19017623?utm_medium=rss Women are safer birthing out of tertiary hospitals, attended by trained professionals in the community from which they live, closer to home where they are close to family. Evidence supports midwifery led care for reduction in interventions, keeping birth physiological reduces adverse consequences caused by interventions

]]> Wed, 1 Jul 2015 05:39:36 UTC 19017623 Matt Christie [Signature #3281] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/19013429?utm_medium=rss Tue, 30 Jun 2015 06:36:52 UTC 19013429 Nicole Christie [Signature #3280] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/19013422?utm_medium=rss Tue, 30 Jun 2015 06:34:57 UTC 19013422 Mrs april underwoood [Signature #3279] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/19013421?utm_medium=rss Tue, 30 Jun 2015 06:34:54 UTC 19013421 Anonymous [Signature #3278] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/19013179?utm_medium=rss Tue, 30 Jun 2015 05:13:34 UTC 19013179 Mrs Tania Lakau [Signature #3277] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/19013062?utm_medium=rss Tue, 30 Jun 2015 04:34:20 UTC 19013062 ms Samantha barclay [Signature #3276] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/19012973?utm_medium=rss Murwillumbah was a fantastic support to me with my third pregnancy, which was high risk, it would be a shame to see it shut down

]]> Tue, 30 Jun 2015 04:05:12 UTC 19012973 Matthew Gregor [Signature #3275] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/19012932?utm_medium=rss Tue, 30 Jun 2015 03:49:06 UTC 19012932 Ma Anonymous [Signature #3274] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/19012890?utm_medium=rss Tue, 30 Jun 2015 03:35:08 UTC 19012890 Mr andrew kernaghan [Signature #3273] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/19012877?utm_medium=rss Tue, 30 Jun 2015 03:30:47 UTC 19012877 Rebecca Moore [Signature #3272] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/19012870?utm_medium=rss Tue, 30 Jun 2015 03:29:53 UTC 19012870 Mrs Petra De Bartolo [Signature #3271] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/19012864?utm_medium=rss Tue, 30 Jun 2015 03:28:24 UTC 19012864 Ms Gabrielle Turner [Signature #3270] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/19012532?utm_medium=rss This is an important Tweed Valley community service. Tweed Heads Hospital maternity ward was already too busy.

]]> Tue, 30 Jun 2015 01:08:33 UTC 19012532 Ms Rowena Shakes [Signature #3269] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/19009244?utm_medium=rss Sun, 28 Jun 2015 11:11:42 UTC 19009244 Rosie Downing [Signature #3268] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18999999?utm_medium=rss Thu, 25 Jun 2015 02:44:40 UTC 18999999 Elizabeth Isaacs [Signature #3267] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18991013?utm_medium=rss I think it is quite disgusting that more and more rural and regional centres are closing down. What century do we live in?
How are women in rural and regional towns supposed to access quality midwifery care. We are trying to reduce the load on the public system not increase it. When approximately 80% if women are low risk, why do they need to travel and extra 30 minutes to an hour to receive midwifery care. This is atrocious!!

]]> Mon, 22 Jun 2015 10:18:17 UTC 18991013 Ms Patricia Catlin [Signature #3266] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18990886?utm_medium=rss It saddens me to see vital services removed from communities that deserve support to continue such care. In the position I work in, I frequently see pregnant women who have to travel long distances for care, and the substantial impact for themselves and their families is significant to all aspects of their care, especially their emotional health and well being.

]]> Mon, 22 Jun 2015 07:51:56 UTC 18990886 Ms Jan White [Signature #3265] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18988905?utm_medium=rss Sun, 21 Jun 2015 03:46:58 UTC 18988905 miss Kimberley Lear [Signature #3264] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18988227?utm_medium=rss Sun, 21 Jun 2015 05:45:45 UTC 18988227 Mrs Tracey McCreanor [Signature #3263] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18988135?utm_medium=rss small community units for normal healthy childbirth are part of a wider objective. To support communities outside of large cities to thrive and build. We cannot expect everything and everybody to travel to large cities in order to conduct the business of living.

]]> Sun, 21 Jun 2015 03:35:49 UTC 18988135 ms liz shortis [Signature #3262] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18988132?utm_medium=rss Sun, 21 Jun 2015 03:31:43 UTC 18988132 Mr Raven Burton [Signature #3261] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18988108?utm_medium=rss Keep the birthing services open in Murwillumbah. Keep birthing services in local communities.

]]> Sun, 21 Jun 2015 02:45:15 UTC 18988108 Associate profe Mary Sidebotham [Signature #3260] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18988076?utm_medium=rss Sun, 21 Jun 2015 02:19:55 UTC 18988076 Mrs Michelle Chapman [Signature #3259] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18988069?utm_medium=rss Closing small country town maternity units and birth centres, takes women's pregnancy and birth options away and needs to be halted across Australia.
We- as Australian women, need to stand, fight and be heard, to save our pregnancy and birthing beliefs and options.

]]> Sun, 21 Jun 2015 02:03:53 UTC 18988069 Ms Hei Yee Tang [Signature #3258] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18987936?utm_medium=rss Sat, 20 Jun 2015 09:50:21 UTC 18987936 Mrs Soumya Bhaskara [Signature #3257] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18987819?utm_medium=rss The risks that the closing of the birthing unit will pose can be prevented and it falls on the governments responsibility to ensure its citizens have access to a timely and adequate health care system. The nation can only flourish when the education and health of its citizens are looked after. Driving for more than 30kms just to give birth is unnecessary, backward and CAN BE AVOIDED. Some things we don't have a choice in, this one WE DO.

]]> Sat, 20 Jun 2015 06:45:56 UTC 18987819 Christine Watt [Signature #3256] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18987496?utm_medium=rss How can closing a continuity of care model of midwifery be good for women and babies?what happens to the notion of choice for place of birth?

]]> Sat, 20 Jun 2015 02:04:27 UTC 18987496 Sara Morris [Signature #3255] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18986964?utm_medium=rss Sat, 20 Jun 2015 08:25:30 UTC 18986964 Ms Tania Tissera [Signature #3254] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18986728?utm_medium=rss Choice for birthing women and families

]]> Sat, 20 Jun 2015 05:34:20 UTC 18986728 Mrs Min Hopkins [Signature #3253] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18986726?utm_medium=rss Sat, 20 Jun 2015 05:32:21 UTC 18986726 Lisa Wall [Signature #3252] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18986353?utm_medium=rss Fri, 19 Jun 2015 11:31:12 UTC 18986353 Mrs Pauline Humbert [Signature #3251] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18986262?utm_medium=rss Fri, 19 Jun 2015 10:10:10 UTC 18986262 Mr Ron Hastie [Signature #3250] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18986231?utm_medium=rss Fri, 19 Jun 2015 09:33:54 UTC 18986231 Michelle Payne [Signature #3249] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18986079?utm_medium=rss Fri, 19 Jun 2015 07:44:30 UTC 18986079 Ms Robyn Matthews [Signature #3248] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18985970?utm_medium=rss Fri, 19 Jun 2015 06:36:57 UTC 18985970 Mrs Beth O'Neil [Signature #3247] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18985966?utm_medium=rss Fri, 19 Jun 2015 06:33:03 UTC 18985966 Mrs Jennifer Hopman [Signature #3246] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18985922?utm_medium=rss Fri, 19 Jun 2015 06:06:27 UTC 18985922 Mrs Victoria Hearne [Signature #3245] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18985894?utm_medium=rss Fri, 19 Jun 2015 05:47:46 UTC 18985894 Mrs Erin Clayton [Signature #3244] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18985681?utm_medium=rss Rural & remote birthing services are essential in ensuring women are able to experience birth in the way which they choose. To be able to have the comfort of being in your local community is paramount.

]]> Fri, 19 Jun 2015 04:11:53 UTC 18985681 mr Peter Askey-Doran [Signature #3243] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18985538?utm_medium=rss Fri, 19 Jun 2015 03:14:36 UTC 18985538 Ms Jillian Clarke [Signature #3242] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18984127?utm_medium=rss Fri, 19 Jun 2015 06:16:25 UTC 18984127 Courtney Barnes [Signature #3241] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18984029?utm_medium=rss Fri, 19 Jun 2015 05:16:51 UTC 18984029 Ms Marguerite Bradley [Signature #3240] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18984016?utm_medium=rss Women whom birth in small rural centres are better cared for, state that they are happier with their experience and have reduced rates of intervention!
1% of neonates require advanced neonatal resuscitation. All midwives are educated in neonatal resuscitation. Those of us who work in units where a Dr is not available are also well educated in advanced neonatal resus. Women whom birth in small units are informed and choose to accept this risk.
It is a tragedy that women birthing in large high risk units are not given the same information about their increased risk of intervention and increased morbidity!

]]> Fri, 19 Jun 2015 05:09:01 UTC 18984016 Ms Gloria Albert [Signature #3239] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18983866?utm_medium=rss Fri, 19 Jun 2015 03:21:12 UTC 18983866 Mrs Rachael Austin [Signature #3238] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18983805?utm_medium=rss Fri, 19 Jun 2015 02:32:57 UTC 18983805 Mr Kaushik Bhaganagarapu [Signature #3237] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18983553?utm_medium=rss Thu, 18 Jun 2015 09:00:22 UTC 18983553 Miss Tania Day [Signature #3236] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18981629?utm_medium=rss No woman nor her family should have to leave their community to birth if resources are available for her to have a baby close to home. Far too many rural maternity services have closed across Australia leaving many rural/remotely residing women/families to make unnecessary, long trips to regional or city centres. This leaves many families out of pocket due to transport, accommodation & General expenses not to mention the emotional costs to families by leaving their support networks behind. Women have the right to access safe, affordable maternity services within their home towns or communities, forced closures does not support any of this!

]]> Thu, 18 Jun 2015 01:45:38 UTC 18981629 Ms Patricia Potter [Signature #3235] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18981037?utm_medium=rss This is an attack on the Continuity of care model yet again!

]]> Wed, 17 Jun 2015 06:33:48 UTC 18981037 Dr Julie Fleet [Signature #3234] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18979809?utm_medium=rss Wed, 17 Jun 2015 09:02:06 UTC 18979809 mrs Margaret McLennan [Signature #3233] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18978661?utm_medium=rss I had my Babies in Murwillumbah 50+ yrs ago it was needed then and still is as I now have Grandchildren giving birth to their family

]]> Tue, 16 Jun 2015 09:05:42 UTC 18978661 Heidi Govier [Signature #3232] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18978430?utm_medium=rss Tue, 16 Jun 2015 07:21:32 UTC 18978430 Mrs Karen Taylor [Signature #3231] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18978125?utm_medium=rss Tue, 16 Jun 2015 04:29:42 UTC 18978125 ms Maggi Richardson [Signature #3230] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18978099?utm_medium=rss Tue, 16 Jun 2015 04:17:45 UTC 18978099 mrs Meralyn Koschel [Signature #3229] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18976302?utm_medium=rss Tue, 16 Jun 2015 12:45:41 UTC 18976302 Mrs Nicole Perriman [Signature #3228] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18976208?utm_medium=rss Women need choice when birthing their babies, closing this unit, is taking away women's choice. Opening it back up will be a very positive step forward for the women, families and Midwives of the Murwillumbah community.

]]> Mon, 15 Jun 2015 11:13:47 UTC 18976208 Tami Tossey [Signature #3227] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18975612?utm_medium=rss Mon, 15 Jun 2015 04:50:22 UTC 18975612 Mrs Karen Aitken [Signature #3226] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18974792?utm_medium=rss Mon, 15 Jun 2015 08:56:52 UTC 18974792 Mrs Alyce Goodwin [Signature #3225] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18974763?utm_medium=rss Mon, 15 Jun 2015 08:40:28 UTC 18974763 Anonymous [Signature #3224] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18974577?utm_medium=rss Mon, 15 Jun 2015 07:17:01 UTC 18974577 mrs sally roberts [Signature #3223] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18974460?utm_medium=rss Mon, 15 Jun 2015 06:05:43 UTC 18974460 Debbie Woodbridge [Signature #3222] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18974313?utm_medium=rss Mon, 15 Jun 2015 04:49:53 UTC 18974313 Ms Kylie Gould [Signature #3221] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18974265?utm_medium=rss Mon, 15 Jun 2015 04:10:34 UTC 18974265 miss gemma parker [Signature #3220] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18974254?utm_medium=rss Stop closing these facilities! We are supposed to be offering primary health care for all and restricting the point of care is not doing that

]]> Mon, 15 Jun 2015 04:02:07 UTC 18974254 Ms Terry Wilkinson [Signature #3219] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18974201?utm_medium=rss Women are not cattle, please refrain from trying to herd them to your best advantage. Imagine a Huge event in your own life and then spend it forcably away from everyone you love and who loves you.

]]> Mon, 15 Jun 2015 03:26:59 UTC 18974201 mrs Carole van't Riet [Signature #3218] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18974046?utm_medium=rss It is a must for the Murwillumbah Labour and Birthing Suite to remain open.

]]> Mon, 15 Jun 2015 12:57:31 UTC 18974046 ms Brenda Okeefe [Signature #3217] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18973796?utm_medium=rss Sun, 14 Jun 2015 08:21:05 UTC 18973796 Mrs Sue Kelly [Signature #3216] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18973791?utm_medium=rss Sun, 14 Jun 2015 08:18:02 UTC 18973791 Miss Anonymous [Signature #3215] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18973762?utm_medium=rss Sun, 14 Jun 2015 07:43:29 UTC 18973762 Dr Jenny PARRATT [Signature #3214] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18973741?utm_medium=rss Sun, 14 Jun 2015 07:31:18 UTC 18973741 Mrs Gillian Gillon [Signature #3213] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18973679?utm_medium=rss It is very stressful and disruptive to families who have to leave their support networks and families at what should be a lovely joyous time.

]]> Sun, 14 Jun 2015 06:34:27 UTC 18973679 Ms Melissa Belfanti [Signature #3212] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18973587?utm_medium=rss The benefits of continuity of midwifery care cannot be underestimated.

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