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12 months of paid parental leave - sign the petition
2,635 signatures
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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.

On 1 July, Australia expanded paid parental leave to 26 weeks, with four of those weeks reserved for fathers and partners. That was a genuine win, and it was hard fought.

Four weeks is a start. It isn't a finish.

The scheme is paid at minimum wage — around half what an average full-time worker earns. For most families it doesn't stretch to a year, and it doesn't stretch to two parents.

So instead of choosing how they want to share their baby's first year, parents are forced to make financial decisions. One parent stays home. The other goes back to work. Patterns that last for years are set before families ever had a real choice.

To be clear about something: this is not leave taken from mums. It's leave added for dads. Every week a father is home in that first year is a week a mother isn't doing it alone.

Dads are main characters in family life, not cameos. It's time our policy settings said so.

It doesn't have to be this way.

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.

On Monday 7 September, dads, kids and supporters took that case to Parliament House. 

Here For It. From Day One.

Read the new ‘More Time’ With Dad report

People who have signed the petition
Michelle McGuinness
Adriana G
Emelia
Sophie Wadden
Lutee Davis
Siobhan Fitzpatrick
Erin McCrory
Hayley Farley
Gloria Uyanna
Alicia Butler
Indi Quin
Sam Broadhurst
Louise Wallace
Lexie Theobald
Neree Pateman
Hannah Snell
Brooke Perry
Shaunii Wilson
Siobhan Ananin
Christine Howard
Bogi Kohari
Sameria Adomako
Bethany Curtis
Ashlea Sealey
Alex Sales
Murry Aldred
Sophie Mitchell
Judy Dorotan
Libby Osborne
Kestin Geraghty

Will you sign?

Recent responses

  • Michelle McGuinness
    signed 2026-09-24 10:44:27 +1000
  • Adriana G
    signed 2026-09-24 10:30:10 +1000
  • Emelia
    signed 2026-09-24 10:25:17 +1000
  • Sophie Wadden
    signed 2026-09-24 10:24:33 +1000
  • Lutee Davis
    signed via 2026-09-24 10:23:08 +1000
  • Siobhan Fitzpatrick
    signed 2026-09-24 10:16:14 +1000
  • Erin McCrory
    signed 2026-09-24 10:12:22 +1000
  • Hayley Farley
    signed 2026-09-24 10:10:17 +1000
  • Gloria Uyanna
    signed via 2026-09-24 10:01:43 +1000
  • Alicia Butler
    signed 2026-09-24 09:54:24 +1000
  • Indi Quin
    signed 2026-09-24 09:48:41 +1000
  • Sam Broadhurst
    signed 2026-09-24 09:45:11 +1000
  • Louise Wallace
    signed 2026-09-24 09:41:38 +1000
  • Lexie Theobald
    signed 2026-09-24 09:39:06 +1000
  • Neree Pateman
    signed 2026-09-24 09:38:58 +1000
  • Hannah Snell
    signed 2026-09-24 09:37:57 +1000
  • Brooke Perry
    signed 2026-09-24 09:35:05 +1000
  • Shaunii Wilson
    signed 2026-09-24 09:33:59 +1000
    Yes, all I can say is yes!!
  • Siobhan Ananin
    signed 2026-09-24 09:33:38 +1000
    Thank you for this fight
  • Christine Howard
    signed via 2026-09-24 09:31:19 +1000
  • Bogi Kohari
    signed 2026-09-24 09:26:34 +1000
    Do
  • Sameria Adomako
    signed via 2026-09-24 09:25:15 +1000
    I sign this petition because we deserve a 12months paid parental leave.
  • Bethany Curtis
    signed 2026-09-24 09:21:32 +1000
  • Ashlea Sealey
    signed 2026-09-24 09:21:07 +1000
  • Alex Sales
    signed 2026-09-24 09:19:47 +1000
  • Murry Aldred
    signed 2026-09-24 09:11:12 +1000
    Fulltime care with their parent(s) is essential for all children in the first 12mths to 3 years. If the first 12mths can be supported that would represent a significant contribution to each child’s development.
  • Sophie Mitchell
    signed 2026-09-24 09:02:23 +1000
  • Judy Dorotan
    signed 2026-09-24 09:01:58 +1000
  • Libby Osborne
    signed 2026-09-24 08:58:12 +1000
  • Kestin Geraghty
    signed 2026-09-24 08:55:22 +1000