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12 months of paid parental leave - sign the petition
2,849 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
Karly Donnan
Sophia Thomas
Bianca Bayard
Maree Kirkwood
Natasha T
Stephen Pennells
Lauren Muralt
Gabriella Shumilin
Alice Whitfeld
Samara el Achkar
Cathryn Bennett
Georgia Wall
Melanie Davie
Salli Trump
Lauren Byrne
Edwina Price
Amelia Close
Anna Vallieres
Jade Ogden
Ken Walker
Laura Anderson
Laura Roberts
Sarah Whitworth
Queeneth Njoku
Kathy Xiao
Marie Lafferty
Bianca Bryson
Andrew Boniface
Krystal Allerby
Tayla Spinelli

Will you sign?

Recent responses

  • Karly Donnan
    signed 2026-10-27 21:12:22 +1100
  • Sophia Thomas
    signed 2026-10-27 20:15:14 +1100
  • Bianca Bayard
    signed 2026-10-27 15:27:51 +1100
  • Maree Kirkwood
    signed 2026-10-27 14:05:46 +1100
  • Natasha T
    signed 2026-10-27 13:33:07 +1100
  • Stephen Pennells
    signed 2026-10-27 11:45:24 +1100
    Agree
  • Lauren Muralt
    signed 2026-10-27 08:26:36 +1100
  • Gabriella Shumilin
    signed 2026-10-27 06:52:39 +1100
  • Alice Whitfeld
    signed 2026-10-27 00:05:24 +1100
  • Samara el Achkar
    signed 2026-10-26 23:32:14 +1100
  • Cathryn Bennett
    signed 2026-10-26 23:02:02 +1100
    To give children the best possible foundation and start to life, paid parental leave that allows parents to be present for their children in their first years is so incredibly important.
  • Georgia Wall
    signed 2026-10-26 21:16:45 +1100
  • Melanie Davie
    signed 2026-10-26 20:46:39 +1100
  • Salli Trump
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  • Lauren Byrne
    signed 2026-10-26 17:57:37 +1100
  • Edwina Price
    signed 2026-10-26 16:19:36 +1100
  • Amelia Close
    signed 2026-10-26 12:33:44 +1100
  • Anna Vallieres
    signed 2026-10-26 10:57:44 +1100
  • Jade Ogden
    signed 2026-10-26 10:39:36 +1100
  • Ken Walker
    signed 2026-10-25 19:31:32 +1100
  • Laura Anderson
    signed via 2026-10-25 17:04:33 +1100
  • Laura Roberts
    signed 2026-10-25 08:22:17 +1100
  • Sarah Whitworth
    signed 2026-10-24 20:19:19 +1100
  • Queeneth Njoku
    signed via 2026-10-24 09:59:16 +1100
  • Kathy Xiao
    signed 2026-10-23 19:20:53 +1100
  • Marie Lafferty
    signed 2026-10-23 13:10:11 +1100
  • Bianca Bryson
    signed 2026-10-23 10:56:14 +1100
  • Andrew Boniface
    signed 2026-10-23 09:38:58 +1100
    Let’s give the next generation a chance
  • Krystal Allerby
    signed 2026-10-23 08:28:04 +1100
  • Tayla Spinelli
    signed 2026-10-23 06:56:20 +1100