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12 months of paid parental leave - sign the petition
2,735 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
Alyssa P
Erica Middlemiss
Angela Bond
Zoe Bennett
Bonnie Dimech
Jack Gee
Jay Fleming
Michelle Tisch
Jordan Strauss
Clarissa Ronchi
Kahli ryan
Cat White
Mikaela Forrest
Melissa Symington
Meaghan Okeefe
Sarah Hampson
Brie Trudgen
Jessica Cummins
Ellie Kirk
Amy Sheppard
Alice Soares Bernardes
Samantha McKay
Brittney P
Danielle Curran
Renee Symons
Jaclyn Powell
Emma Thompson
Tyson Boon
Nicole Wheatley
Kate Zablocki

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