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✍️ Add your name to give every baby the first year they deserve.
A baby's first year lays the foundation for the rest of their life.
But right now, Australia funds just 26 weeks of paid parental leave, paid at minimum wage. For most families, that's simply not enough.
The Parenthood is campaigning for 12 months of paid parental leave at a replacement wage, with dedicated leave for both parents, so every family can afford to share their baby's first year.
✍️ Add your name to establish a National Early Childhood Commission
Australia’s early childhood system is under pressure — with rising costs, uneven access, inconsistent quality and alarming failures in safety and oversight.
Every child deserves the best possible start in life, and every family deserves access to early childhood education and care they can trust.
We’re calling on the Federal Government to create a National Early Childhood Commission: an independent body with the power to lead reform, enforce consistent national standards and make quality and safety non-negotiable across the country.
The Parenthood is an advocacy organisation working to make Australia the best place in the world to be a parent.
It is only when parents and caregivers are supported that children can thrive.
We've built a community of over 85,000 mums, dads and carers and come from every state and territory across Australia.
We are not-for-profit and independent.
Advocating for every family to have access to 12 months of paid parental leave at replacement wages, with dedicated leave for both parents.
Building a high-quality, affordable and accessible early childhood education and care system that gives every child the best start.
Creating workplaces and policies that enable parents and carers to balance paid work and caregiving throughout their children’s early years.
Add your voice to the call for stronger paid parental leave for Australian families.
Sign nowBack our push for a National Early Childhood Commission to make the early years a national priority.
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I’m determined to demand better outcomes for parents and families across Australia at this critical moment in history. To do that, I need you. I need your voices. I need your willingness to engage on these issues.
The real question for Australia is not whether we can afford to have quality early childhood education, but whether we can afford not to.