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12 months of paid parental leave - sign the petition
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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 are taking that case to Parliament House. We want your name on the list we hand over.

Here For It. From Day One.

Read the new ‘More Time’ With Dad report

People who have signed the petition
Reece Wilson
Rhi Bracefield
Elahe Zarrin
Casey Jeffers
Laura Sherriff
Sally Linaker
Amy Patterson
Sushil Tamang
Ruth Killeney-Taylor
Parvathi Subramaniam
Micah Binch
Rebecca Tirrell
Emma-Kate Hewitt
Kaitlin Ireson
Nicole Kennedy
Amy Horner
Vanessa Abbey
Rebecca Squire
Emily Chambers
Hilary Harper
Lauren Ravida
Mikaela Mitchell
Zoe Moore
Mija Keane
Jessica Seeland
Lavinia Kanagandran
Darryl Johnson
Jenna Young
Ragne Rasin
Penny Flicker

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  • Reece Wilson
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  • Rhi Bracefield
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  • Amy Patterson
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  • Sushil Tamang
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    Both parents have equal responsibilities, everyone deserves to have time with their children when then are needed the most.
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  • Lauren Ravida
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  • Mikaela Mitchell
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  • Zoe Moore
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  • Jessica Seeland
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  • Darryl Johnson
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