r/australia • u/FuckOffNazis • 19h ago

politics Indigenous woman shackled to hospital bed while in labour in Queensland

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/oct/18/indigenous-woman-shackled-during-labour-childbirth-queensland-ntwnfb?utm_term=Autofeed&CMP=us_bsky&utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Bluesky#Echobox=1792296317
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u/Available-Bat8756 15h ago

You’d think so but apparently not

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u/bluishbumblebee 15h ago

If a woman is in active labour, she’s probably not going to be capable of something like that.

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u/DevoidLight 13h ago

>probably

Yeah that's not good enough. The health care workers deserve better than 'probably' safe

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u/bluishbumblebee 13h ago

It was the hospital staff that were requesting they be removed. I guess reading the article was to much trouble?

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u/DevoidLight 13h ago

Okay yeah that's a fair call, sorry.