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12 months of paid parental leave - sign the petition
2,736 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
Kate Zablocki
Jessica Halim
Renee Larsen
Zoe Mason
Jordyn Jorgensen
Shani Gonzalez
Lisa Noonan
Samantha Lockwood
Ebony Glover-Smith
Rhiannon Dyrynda
Simon Spierings
Katelin Turner
Georgia Davies
Jessica Yule
Kelsey Casaceli
Jake Skelly
Savannah Argall
Julia Moore
Mark Kennewell
Aleasha
Tamara Sinagra
Maddy Lloyd
Georgia Baravelli
Jesamin Walker
Sophie Joseph
Tammy Clark
Claire Wicks
Macgregor Kew
Jess Goggin
Leah Walsh

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Recent responses

  • Kate Zablocki
    signed 2026-09-16 07:40:28 +1000
    “I’m a doter”
  • Jessica Halim
    signed 2026-09-16 07:36:29 +1000
    This is such an amazing initiative. I’m also a SAH mum AND Doter!
  • Renee Larsen
    signed 2026-09-16 07:35:54 +1000
  • Zoe Mason
    signed 2026-09-16 07:35:13 +1000
    Dads need equal rights to mums!

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  • Jordyn Jorgensen
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    I’m a doter.
  • Shani Gonzalez
    signed 2026-09-16 07:34:11 +1000
    Doter for life xxx
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  • Simon Spierings
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    Doter
  • Katelin Turner
    signed 2026-09-16 07:30:16 +1000
    give dads the time off they deserve ❤️
  • Georgia Davies
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  • Jessica Yule
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  • Kelsey Casaceli
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  • Mark Kennewell
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  • Tamara Sinagra
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    Doting dads need more time to dote
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    came from Two Doting Dads (:
  • Georgia Baravelli
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  • Sophie Joseph
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  • Tammy Clark
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    Two doting Dads listener!
  • Claire Wicks
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  • Macgregor Kew
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  • Jess Goggin
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  • Leah Walsh
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