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12 months of paid parental leave - sign the petition
2,763 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
Alana O'Neill
Laia Fotofili
Beth Fotofili
Tessa Hutchins
Sarah Kop
Lauren Mapstone
Kristy Davidson
Sarah Gapp
Emily Hendley
Julia Sillence
Jacinta Dwyer
Amy Sinclair
Rachel Ayoub
Ryan Wake
Jase Campbell
Tammy Campbell
Jordan Davis
Jess Freeman
Maddy James
Katrina Lee
Natasha Harmer
Abi Serafin
Tayia Modolo
Mel Cunningham
Caitlin Quartermaine
Lindsay Paton
Charlotte Shaw
Chai Foreman-Sim
Jenny Kim
Danielle Puetter Gunn

Will you sign?

Recent responses

  • Alana O'Neill
    signed 2026-09-16 17:45:52 +1000
  • Laia Fotofili
    signed 2026-09-16 17:37:57 +1000
  • Beth Fotofili
    signed 2026-09-16 17:26:16 +1000
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  • Tessa Hutchins
    signed 2026-09-16 16:55:30 +1000
  • Sarah Kop
    signed 2026-09-16 16:44:31 +1000
    Proud Doter x
  • Lauren Mapstone
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  • Kristy Davidson
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  • Sarah Gapp
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  • Emily Hendley
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  • Julia Sillence
    signed 2026-09-16 14:41:31 +1000
    Very passionate about parental leave being a decision that is about family NOT finances
  • Jacinta Dwyer
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  • Amy Sinclair
    signed 2026-09-16 14:28:37 +1000
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  • Rachel Ayoub
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  • Ryan Wake
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  • Jase Campbell
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  • Tammy Campbell
    signed 2026-09-16 13:33:53 +1000
  • Jordan Davis
    signed 2026-09-16 13:22:33 +1000
    my partner took LSL for both the kids and had a few weeks off, without that he wouldn’t of been able to take much time off
  • Jess Freeman
    signed 2026-09-16 13:00:31 +1000
    Proud Doter and supporter. You guys are so admirable!
  • Maddy James
    signed 2026-09-16 12:48:38 +1000
  • Katrina Lee
    signed 2026-09-16 12:35:08 +1000
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  • Natasha Harmer
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  • Abi Serafin
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  • Tayia Modolo
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  • Mel Cunningham
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  • Caitlin Quartermaine
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  • Lindsay Paton
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  • Charlotte Shaw
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  • Chai Foreman-Sim
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  • Jenny Kim
    signed 2026-09-16 11:29:28 +1000
  • Danielle Puetter Gunn
    signed 2026-09-16 11:24:04 +1000