✍️ 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.
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People who have signed the petition
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Molly Roberts signed 2026-07-02 08:24:59 +1000
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Janie Jordan signed 2026-07-02 06:02:46 +1000
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Keith D'Alessandro signed 2026-07-02 01:57:02 +1000
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Cecilia Blakeley signed 2026-07-01 17:55:34 +1000
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Luana Bowman signed 2026-07-01 17:46:04 +1000
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Bridgette Martin signed 2026-07-01 17:45:05 +1000
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Jennifer Cabot signed 2026-07-01 17:04:45 +1000
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Kerry Bradley signed 2026-07-01 16:17:02 +1000Tax our gas and fund our 12 months parental leave!!!
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Monica Fox signed 2026-07-01 16:08:22 +1000
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Helen Walker signed 2026-07-01 16:03:58 +1000
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Jill Berensen signed 2026-07-01 15:57:19 +1000
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Sarah Worboys signed 2026-07-01 15:54:59 +1000
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Tahna Leader signed 2026-07-01 15:54:49 +100012 months of paid parental leave at a replacement wage. Good for babies, good for families, good for employers, good for Australian society.
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Frances Watson signed 2026-07-01 15:54:40 +1000
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Tom Korevaar signed 2026-07-01 15:48:51 +1000
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Cerys Loader signed 2026-07-01 15:48:19 +1000
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