An MP in Australia has addressed Parliament while breastfeeding her baby, admitting that she moved a motion only moments before her daughter “moved her own motion”.

In a first for the nation, Larissa Waters, a Greens MP, addressed the chamber – she was speaking about black lung disease, a condition affecting coal miners - while feeding her baby, a 14-week-old named Alia Joy.

The three-month-old previously made history in May after she became the first baby to be breastfed in Australia’s Parliament and has become a regular attendee at Australia’s Senate, or Upper House.

The MP’s decision to speak while feeding appeared to be warmly welcomed and was greeted with smiles in the chamber.