--- title: Larissa Waters Breastfeeds Again While in Australian Senate description: Australian Senator Larissa Waters breast-fed her daughter while passing a motion in the Senate chamber of her country's Parliament canonical: https://time.com/4828292/australian-senator-breastfeeds-her-baby-parliament/ author: Jennifer Calfas article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-06-22T14:40:52.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T09:05:44.710Z og:title: Australian Senator Breastfeeds Her Baby While Passing a Motion in Parliament og:description: She already made history breastfeeding her daughter in the Senate chamber last month og:url: https://time.com/4828292/australian-senator-breastfeeds-her-baby-parliament/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt91c2208b37c2b243/6988d2d6196cf46eb8040bad/larissa-waters.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 4000 og:image:height: 2250 og:image:alt: 170622_Larissa Waters og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Australian Senator Breastfeeds Her Baby While Passing a Motion in Parliament twitter:description: She already made history breastfeeding her daughter in the Senate chamber last month twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt91c2208b37c2b243/6988d2d6196cf46eb8040bad/larissa-waters.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Australian Senator Breastfeeds Her Baby While Passing a Motion in Parliament > Sponsored content. 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Larissa Waters breastfeeds her baby Alia Joy during a session in the Senate Chamber at Parliament House in Canberra, Australia, Tuesday, May 9, 2017. Australian Greens party Sen. Larissa Waters breastfeeds her baby Alia Joy during a session in the Senate Chamber at Parliament House in Canberra, Australia, Tuesday, May 9, 2017. Mick Tsikas—AP by [Jennifer Calfas](https://time.com/author/jennifer-calfas/) ## Jennifer Calfas Jun 22, 2017 2:40 PM UTC Australian Senator [Larissa Waters](http://motto.time.com/4774505/larissa-waters-first-to-breastfeed-australian-parliament/) made history as the first politician to [breastfeed](http://time.com/4825665/breastfeeding-heart-benefits/) in her country’s Parliament last month. And she did so again on Tuesday while speaking in front of her colleagues and passing a motion. Waters, the co-leader of the country’s left-wing Greens party, breast-fed her 14-month-old baby when she moved a motion about black lung disease. > [](https://twitter.com/larissawaters/status/877721835525201920) Waters first breast-fed her daughter, Alia, when she returned from a 10-week maternity leave in May. Before she returned, she [had said](https://www.facebook.com/larissawaters/photos/a.420965439098.199305.149009814098/10155087973714099/?type=3&theater) she planned on breastfeeding her in the Senate chamber if need be. Children had been banned from the Senate chamber in Australia, and breastfeeding mothers had to be given a proxy vote until last year, [according to news.com.au](http://www.news.com.au/lifestyle/parenting/babies/larissa-waters-breastfeeds-her-daughter-alia-while-passing-a-motion-in-the-senate/news-story/5227f45cd4f1e85c08e4513d911b7c1a). In May, Waters [told _BBC_](http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p052hwl8) she thought it was “ridiculous” breastfeeding a baby would become international news, but hopes her ability to do so inspired other women. “I had hoped to not only feed my baby, but also to send a message to young women that they belong in the Parliament, and that they can be both Parliamentarians and be moms,” she said. “Lots of women thanking me for doing it, not just for normalizing breastfeeding, which is itself an important issue, but there’s still a little bit of stigma in some corners of society,” she said. “But it’s been lovely to hear from the young women and the other moms who’ve said, this is a role model for my daughter or for myself, to know that we can aspire to this sort of occupation.” ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4828292/australian-senator-breastfeeds-her-baby-parliament/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4828292/australian-senator-breastfeeds-her-baby-parliament/"},"headline":"Australian Senator Breastfeeds Her Baby While Passing a Motion in Parliament","datePublished":"2017-06-22T14:40:52.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T09:05:44.710Z","description":"She already made history breastfeeding her daughter in the Senate chamber last month","url":"https://time.com/4828292/australian-senator-breastfeeds-her-baby-parliament/","keywords":["motto","Parliament","breastfeeding","onetime"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt91c2208b37c2b243/6988d2d6196cf46eb8040bad/larissa-waters.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Jennifer Calfas","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/jennifer-calfas/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt91c2208b37c2b243/6988d2d6196cf46eb8040bad/larissa-waters.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"170622_Larissa Waters","caption":"Australia Breastfeeding","creditText":"Mick Tsikas—AP","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/tag/motto/","name":"motto"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4828292/australian-senator-breastfeeds-her-baby-parliament/","name":"Australian Senator Breastfeeds Her Baby While Passing a Motion in Parliament"}}]}] ```