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12 months of paid parental leave - sign the petition
1,500 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 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
Alice Andrewartha
Charmaine Farrell
Ruby M
Cristina Dervenis
Tan Nguyen
Paula La Rocca
Cally Castell
Meg Kelleher
Emil Lourens
Melissa Rutherford
Tiffany Walsh
Rani Nandan
Genevieve Bone
F Bree
Sonia Harris
Careen Redman
Emily Hindle
Chelsea Todd
Julie-Anne Macintyre
Rebecca Muser
Tara Draper
Helen McNally
Meg Liston
Sarina Lowe
Allisa Inwood
Ella Huisman
Ellyce Denn
Thitikwan Suphithakkul
Christabel Richards-neville
Nikita Deshpande

Will you sign?

Recent responses

  • Alice Andrewartha
    signed 2026-09-05 17:04:06 +1000
  • Charmaine Farrell
    signed 2026-09-05 16:30:30 +1000
    Families with newborns need two parents at home. New mums need support to recover from the birth, get enough sleep and establish breastfeeding.
  • Ruby M
    signed 2026-09-05 16:23:30 +1000
  • Cristina Dervenis
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  • Tan Nguyen
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  • Paula La Rocca
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  • Cally Castell
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  • Meg Kelleher
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  • Emil Lourens
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  • Melissa Rutherford
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  • Tiffany Walsh
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  • Rani Nandan
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  • Genevieve Bone
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  • F Bree
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  • Sonia Harris
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  • Careen Redman
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  • Emily Hindle
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  • Chelsea Todd
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  • Julie-Anne Macintyre
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  • Rebecca Muser
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  • Tara Draper
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  • Helen McNally
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  • Meg Liston
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  • Sarina Lowe
    signed 2026-09-04 22:48:21 +1000
  • Allisa Inwood
    signed 2026-09-04 22:46:54 +1000
  • Ella Huisman
    signed 2026-09-04 22:40:23 +1000
  • Ellyce Denn
    signed 2026-09-04 22:07:53 +1000
    Yes yes yes
  • Thitikwan Suphithakkul
    signed 2026-09-04 21:58:34 +1000
  • Christabel Richards-neville
    signed 2026-09-04 21:46:09 +1000
  • Nikita Deshpande
    signed 2026-09-04 21:37:24 +1000