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12 months of paid parental leave - sign the petition
1,482 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.

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People who have signed the petition
Luci O'Connell
Paul Hibbert
Lucy George
Kai Stevenson
Ryan Lonergan
Zerlina Goodman-Lahz
Jac Landmark
Katherine Hickey
Courtney Powell
Alex Breen
Isobel Friel
Russell Stubbs
Alex Pitt
Alice Newport
Ted Barnett
Max Vogelaar
Sarah Jones
Honor Lambert
Clancy Greening
Leah Dunnigan
Stacey Ellis
Julia Healey
Ally Lane
Joshua Suhadi
Chloe Skoglund
Kiana Moore
Peta Kiteri
Pearl Sintic
Quentin Berthonneau
Simon Toohey

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  • Luci O'Connell
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    I work in the arts and this would be a lifesaver
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