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A WOMAN IN the Australian city of Sydney has been ordered by a judge to stop breastfeeding her 11-month-old son, after she got two small tattoos.
The 20-year-old woman became locked in a custody dispute with her former partner, and the baby’s father, after it emerged she had gotten tattoos on her finger and foot, the Sydney Morning Herald reports.
Earlier today, Judge Matthew Myers of the Federal Family Court, cited advice by the Australian Breastfeeding Association, which warns of the risk of HIV and Hepatitis infection and transmission:
Hepatitis B or C and HIV are serious viruses which can be transmitted if equipment for tattooing is not cleaned and sterilised properly between users.
The main cause for concern out of these viruses for a breastfeeding mother is HIV because it is known to be able to be transmitted via breastmilk.
The risk of infection and transmission is low, however, and ABC News reports that the woman had received negative results after being tested for HIV and Hepatitis.
Despite this, Judge Myers ruled that she was still in a preliminary period, when the test results could yet prove false.
The mother immediately appealed the ruling, and a full hearing of the Family Court has been scheduled for tomorrow.
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Does this mean we can change the name of the Aviva Stadium back too Lansdowne Road !!..
allways was landsdown rd.
Maybe if they didn’t blow 10 million euro renaming a stadium, they wouldn’t have to let people go!
These companies moved here primarily for the low tax base. They’re subsequently the exact companies that will up sticks and leave when the going gets tough – all to suit shareholders. The low tax rate in Ireland is folly and this is the outcome. Same can be said about Talk Talk.
Aviva in fact took over Hibernian Insurance a few years ago, Hibernian being an Irish company at the time.
We don’t need to chase multinationals out of this country, we should be stopping their quest for global domination in the first place and not allow them to come buy out indigenous companies, if it was still hibernian and an irish company, this may not have happened.
Joe O Higgins solution is that we should nationalise Aviva. But that’s his solution to everything of course.
In fairness now, this has been known by Aviva workers for a long long time, first I heard of it was off a chap that works there about 4 years ago. Many have been offered to go to India with Irish level of pay. I’d take it, you’d live like a feckin king on that money over in India. Plus better weather and food.
I highly doubt that has happened. Here move to India you can keep your x5 times the indian wages….. (rolls eyes)
Jobs come and jobs go, that is life. If people aren’t willing to get off their butts and start again then where are we going as a country. Bit of start up and go people!
€44 million over ten years on Landsdowne Road well spent then
http://www.irishtimes.com/sports/rugby/2009/0212/1224241050544.html
If Aviva move 500 jobs overseas, then if you have a policy with Aviva immediately change provider, As far as I remenber it was this implicit threat via the media last time that changed their mind. They have the arrogance to make 500 people unemployed but continue to make vast profits from the Irish insurance market… well f..k them
@ Damien, there is a lot more than 500 working there and while I understand you sentiment all that will do is result in more job losses.
The real worry is that we (Ireland) have now lost jobs in 2 major companies to the UK. That shows how much further we have to go to be competitive, not with India or eastern Europe but right at our own back door
Good point Mark but if no action is taken over this Possibility then will Aviva and others just move all positions overseas and think ahh sure that was painless and look at the higher margins.
If an Irish company like Kerry group or FBD moved a couple of thousand jobs overseas to save (relatively) pocket change, would the nation accept it?
I do think other overheads like energy, rates and comms are not competitive and desperately need to opened up to real competition in order to reduce costs.
Competitive is not in our vocabulary.
Last october in the us the chrysler motor co hired 1000 new employees at $10 per hour while the existing staff were paid in excess of $20 per hour. Their unions agreed to this. 50% less – that was last year and we are still not even close to looking at the Croke park agreement or cutting our wages to become competitive.
1 year from now I expect double the amount of people on the dole – wake up.
More bad news. I’m very sorry to hear this and my sympathy and best wishes for the future are with the employees that are to be affected.
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