Queensland senator and co-deputy leader of the Australian Greens party Larissa Waters has given birth to a baby girl, her second daughter, Alia Joy.
“What a fitting day to announce the arrival of my second daughter, Alia Joy,” the 40-year-old senator posted to Facebook on Wednesday, which was also International Women’s Day.
“She has a head of hair like an 80s pop star and likes to eat constantly – so she is definitely her mother’s daughter,” Waters’ post continues.
The Brisbane-based politician has spent her career pushing for action on global warming, protecting the Great Barrier Reef, and investing in clean energy.
She is a huge campaigner for gender equality and, in 2015, she established a Senate Inquiry to reinstate government funding for domestic violence services. “For all the talk, families need to see some action. Lives are depending on it,” she told the senate.
Now, Waters says, the birth of her daughter is fresh motivation to work hard for a brighter, more equal, future.
"I'll be having a few more weeks off but will soon be back in parliament with this little one in tow," Waters' post reads.
"She is even more inspiration for continuing our work to address gender inequality and stem dangerous climate change. (And yes, if she's hungry, she will be breastfed in the Senate chamber)."
The kids book every parent should read. Post continues below.
"To all the awesome mums out there juggling everything - you are the real superheroes," the post concludes. "Happy International Women's Day to everyone working for a more equal future!"
Waters has been inundated with congratulations from social media followers, and her post has been shared more than 3000 times.
"Congratulations and thank you for the example you will set by bringing your baby with you to work and breastfeeding her in public," one commenter has written. "Caring for our babies is the way to change the world."
We couldn't agree more. Congratulations, Larissa.
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Senator Larissa Waters poses a greater threat to Australia than anything Pauline Hanson comes up with.
Left to Waters, the lights will go out, industry will grind to a halt and tourism will wither on the vine.
She stands for these things, among others:
Protecting the environment, particularly the Great Barrier Reef.
Ensuring social justice and equal rights for all
Acting on the accepted science of climate change to support and encourage development of sustainable energy sources
Just exactly how are those things threats to Australia?
So going back to the dark ages, pensioners and other people on low incomes unable to pay power bills, so they freeze or die of the heat, industries shutting down, people out of work, tour guides in Cairns losing trade owing to the scandalous scare mongering by this woman; but that's her aim and why should she care - cushy job, good pay.
People like this woman have scant regard for individuals, it's all for the 'greater good' a true communist manifesto completely devoid of compassion.
Yeeees... please tell me why looking out for the community as a whole rather than as individuals who deserve certain benefits based on their ability to make capitalists money is a bad thing?
Also, the greens are not the communists... they're not ever socialists. The centred democratic capitalists.
I doubt pensioners are capitalists and they're the ones who will suffer under Waters and the Greens, and the tour guides in Cairns are scarcely capitalists; but I guess anyone who thinks another human being's untimely death is 'good' is not capable of compassion for another's suffering.