Charges Over Fatal Melbourne Homebirth

A midwife checks the condition of a pregnant woman during a routine check-up at Royal North Shore Hospital's Birth Centre June 7, 2006 in Sydney, Australia. Ian Waldie/Getty Images

Two women have been charged with negligent manslaughter over a fatal homebirth in Melbourne eight years ago.

Homicide detectives arrested a 59-year-old Preston woman and NSW police arrested a 43-year-old Mullumbimby woman on a Victorian warrant on Aug 14.