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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
Giles Sacarello
Dimity Hawkins
Molly Campbell
Zoe Bertuzzi
Katie Gale
Claire Outtram
Laurence Higham
Caroline Geoghegan
Laura David
Holly Candy
Anna Mace
Lonika
The Alcons
Libby Noor
Rudyard Connery
Courtney McIntosh
Megan Williams
Andrew Duguid
Dan Spat
Beau Jansen
Christian Lionis
Brooke King
Michela Ziady
Lee Wajzer
Caroline Diek
Lisa Alcock
Lisa Preedy
Erin Hendry
Emma Lindsay
Krystal Lewis-Smith

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Recent responses

  • Giles Sacarello
    signed 2026-09-23 19:42:38 +1000
  • Dimity Hawkins
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  • Molly Campbell
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  • Zoe Bertuzzi
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  • Katie Gale
    signed 2026-09-23 18:48:15 +1000
  • Claire Outtram
    signed 2026-09-23 18:19:44 +1000
  • Laurence Higham
    signed 2026-09-23 18:07:58 +1000
  • Caroline Geoghegan
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  • Laura David
    signed 2026-09-23 17:26:23 +1000
  • Holly Candy
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  • Anna Mace
    signed 2026-09-23 16:05:38 +1000
  • Lonika
    signed 2026-09-23 16:05:17 +1000
  • The Alcons
    signed 2026-09-23 15:08:02 +1000
  • Libby Noor
    signed 2026-09-23 14:32:23 +1000
  • Rudyard Connery
    signed 2026-09-23 14:28:54 +1000
  • Courtney McIntosh
    signed 2026-09-23 14:14:25 +1000
  • Megan Williams
    signed 2026-09-23 14:09:41 +1000
  • Andrew Duguid
    signed 2026-09-23 13:38:39 +1000
  • Dan Spat
    signed 2026-09-23 13:34:18 +1000
    Keep up the amazing advocacy work!
  • Beau Jansen
    signed 2026-09-23 13:32:12 +1000
  • Christian Lionis
    signed 2026-09-23 13:27:57 +1000
  • Brooke King
    signed 2026-09-23 13:23:59 +1000
  • Michela Ziady
    signed 2026-09-23 13:08:41 +1000
    Financial tax of having a family perpetuates privilege, falls hardest on women, and puts families of today under immense pressure. Need this to swiftly change with govt funding
  • Lee Wajzer
    signed 2026-09-23 13:03:17 +1000
  • Caroline Diek
    signed 2026-09-23 12:51:43 +1000
  • Lisa Alcock
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  • Lisa Preedy
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  • Erin Hendry
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  • Emma Lindsay
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  • Krystal Lewis-Smith
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