NSW government backtracks on gender-neutral breastfeeding policy after Kellie Sloane criticism
NSW Premier Chris Minns has reversed gender-neutral language changes to the NSW parliament's breastfeeding policy. Opposition Leader Kellie Sloane had criticised the update, saying the government was robbing females of something unique to them. The policy had replaced words such as women and mothers with terms like parent and carer. Minns announced the reversal after Monica Tudehope, a shadow finance minister, asked in parliament whether he supported the change. He said documents should use mother and breastfeeding, and state guidelines would reflect that from now on.