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12 months of paid parental leave - sign the petition
2,734 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
Belinda Andrews
Cat Greves
Adam Mcgowan
Ellie Nardino
Chelsea Rowe
Alexandra Webb
Lucy Payne
Gabrielle Tattersall
Emma Mahoney
Brianna Baker
Robin Eberhard
Angela Dwyer
Steph Wheeler
Jenny Harrison
Marie Lafferty
Lisa Counsell
Adrian Boothman
Alessia Masson
Madison Browne
Erin Mendygral
Samantha Atkins
Bella Rylands
Chantal Hart
Fiona McCandless
Meg Cottam
Shenae Bent
Molly Forster-Little
Monique Lush
Danica Berjanovic
Deb Hornby

Will you sign?

Recent responses

  • Belinda Andrews
    signed 2026-09-23 10:59:28 +1000
  • Cat Greves
    signed 2026-09-23 10:29:30 +1000
  • Adam Mcgowan
    signed 2026-09-23 10:05:12 +1000
  • Ellie Nardino
    signed 2026-09-23 09:09:01 +1000
  • Chelsea Rowe
    signed 2026-09-23 09:03:34 +1000
  • Alexandra Webb
    signed 2026-09-23 08:45:57 +1000
  • Lucy Payne
    signed 2026-09-23 07:45:23 +1000
  • Gabrielle Tattersall
    signed 2026-09-23 07:35:26 +1000
  • Emma Mahoney
    signed 2026-09-23 07:13:21 +1000
  • Brianna Baker
    signed 2026-09-23 07:13:04 +1000
  • Robin Eberhard
    signed 2026-09-23 07:13:00 +1000
  • Angela Dwyer
    signed 2026-09-23 06:59:04 +1000
  • Steph Wheeler
    signed 2026-09-23 06:00:45 +1000
  • Jenny Harrison
    signed 2026-09-23 04:12:05 +1000
  • Marie Lafferty
    signed 2026-09-22 21:27:07 +1000
  • Lisa Counsell
    signed 2026-09-22 20:48:30 +1000
  • Adrian Boothman
    signed 2026-09-22 20:43:33 +1000
  • Alessia Masson
    signed 2026-09-22 17:37:29 +1000
  • Madison Browne
    signed 2026-09-22 15:39:59 +1000
  • Erin Mendygral
    signed 2026-09-22 11:02:35 +1000
    Two Doting Dads
  • Samantha Atkins
    signed 2026-09-22 10:43:58 +1000
  • Bella Rylands
    signed 2026-09-22 06:24:00 +1000
  • Chantal Hart
    signed 2026-09-22 06:20:39 +1000
  • Fiona McCandless
    signed 2026-09-21 20:15:41 +1000
    my husband returning to work (lucky enough to work from home), was the hardest period post-partum for me. We both would have liked more time as a family, navigating our new life.
  • Meg Cottam
    signed 2026-09-21 20:12:26 +1000
    For Matty J & Ash
  • Shenae Bent
    signed 2026-09-21 17:17:30 +1000
  • Molly Forster-Little
    signed via 2026-09-21 11:13:11 +1000
  • Monique Lush
    signed 2026-09-21 07:39:40 +1000
  • Danica Berjanovic
    signed 2026-09-21 02:53:23 +1000
  • Deb Hornby
    signed 2026-09-20 22:15:49 +1000
    100% agree for this change