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12 months of paid parental leave - sign the petition
2,735 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
Zach Woodward
Paulina Pakos
Nicole Isley
Ru Samson-Nanu
Sarah Montagu
Sarah Jacobs
Deborah Birch
Jade Pomeroy
Emily Foord
Grace Ryan
Gemma Renton
katie Cortes
Leesa Crookston
Teena Zorzi
Coby Williamson
Nivetha Gunasekaran
Isabella Grigorakis
Tahlia Maxwell
Bobbie Brown
Hana Dinh
Lowana Meehan-Tille
Alex Richards
Jessica Muirden
Courtney Southey
Jacky Saunderson
Hollie Wells
Renae Tedesco
Teagan Morton
Erin Beazley
Norell Naidoo

Will you sign?

Recent responses

  • Zach Woodward
    signed 2026-09-24 14:11:17 +1000
    Thank you for everything you’re doing. This country must do everything we can to encourage people to have a strong family unit.
  • Paulina Pakos
    signed 2026-09-24 13:54:40 +1000
  • Nicole Isley
    signed 2026-09-24 13:39:53 +1000
  • Ru Samson-Nanu
    signed 2026-09-24 13:39:43 +1000
  • Sarah Montagu
    signed 2026-09-24 13:26:30 +1000
  • Sarah Jacobs
    signed 2026-09-24 13:20:17 +1000
  • Deborah Birch
    signed 2026-09-24 13:18:54 +1000
  • Jade Pomeroy
    signed via 2026-09-24 13:14:53 +1000
  • Emily Foord
    signed 2026-09-24 13:08:24 +1000
  • Grace Ryan
    signed 2026-09-24 13:06:54 +1000
  • Gemma Renton
    signed 2026-09-24 13:06:44 +1000
  • katie Cortes
    signed 2026-09-24 13:02:53 +1000
  • Leesa Crookston
    signed 2026-09-24 12:55:52 +1000
  • Teena Zorzi
    signed 2026-09-24 12:55:03 +1000
  • Coby Williamson
    signed 2026-09-24 12:52:52 +1000
  • Nivetha Gunasekaran
    signed 2026-09-24 12:46:49 +1000
  • Isabella Grigorakis
    signed 2026-09-24 12:45:37 +1000
  • Tahlia Maxwell
    signed 2026-09-24 12:44:43 +1000
  • Bobbie Brown
    signed 2026-09-24 12:41:06 +1000
  • Hana Dinh
    signed 2026-09-24 12:39:12 +1000
  • Lowana Meehan-Tille
    signed 2026-09-24 12:35:27 +1000
  • Alex Richards
    signed 2026-09-24 12:35:05 +1000
  • Jessica Muirden
    signed 2026-09-24 12:33:22 +1000
  • Courtney Southey
    signed 2026-09-24 12:23:28 +1000
  • Jacky Saunderson
    signed 2026-09-24 12:23:04 +1000
  • Hollie Wells
    signed 2026-09-24 12:22:40 +1000
  • Renae Tedesco
    signed 2026-09-24 12:21:53 +1000
  • Teagan Morton
    signed 2026-09-24 12:17:38 +1000
  • Erin Beazley
    signed 2026-09-24 12:14:21 +1000
  • Norell Naidoo
    signed 2026-09-24 12:13:37 +1000
    A healthy contributing society begins with the ability to focus on nurturing our young.