Senator Larissa Waters has breastfed her daughter while moving a motion just a month after she became the first MP to nurse her baby in federal parliament.
On Thursday, the Queensland mother passed the senate motion on black lung disease as she cradled three-month-old Alia Joy on the floor of the chamber.
Bringing her baby in for a feed with a white towel over her shoulder, the Greens senator wasted no time when she got on her feet to put forward the motion.
The display was met with delight from fellow colleagues, including Senator Richard Di Natale who was seen playfully holding little Alia.
Following the motion, Senator Waters took to Twitter to post about her latest historic moment to more than 30,000 of her followers.
‘First time I’ve had to move a Senate motion while breastfeeding! And my partner in crime moved her own motion just before mine, bless her,’ she wrote.
Little Alia has been a regular visitor in the Senate chamber since she made her debut in May, making history as the first baby to be breastfed in parliament.
Since then, she’s accompanied her mother during numerous Senate divisions and debates, and even the Midwinter Ball, a charity event attended by politicians and journalists.
‘So proud that my daughter Alia is the first baby to be breastfed in the federal Parliament! We need more #women & parents in Parli,’ she tweeted at the time.
She later tweeted a photo of the pair, adding: ‘So proud that my daughter Alia is the first baby to be breastfed in the federal Parliament! We need more #women & parents in Parli.’
