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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
Ashlyn Hood
Celeste Newman
Jade Duffy
Kate Miles
Alana O’Shea
Jerrica Sawers
Tahlia Breen
Claire Turville
Rachel McQueen
Renee Cassidy
Natarsha Archer
Belinda Sanchez-Vallejo
Lucy Watts
Hailey Haslem
Elissa Crothers
Bea Porter
Jamie Vella
Emily Atwell
Jillian Street
Alana Dowling
Ashlin
Sarah-Jayne Davis
Tammy Arlington
Jessica Rafe
Rachael Britten
Belle
Thomas Dortmans
Yesenia Benjumea
Kaylee Tierney
Sarah Harper

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Recent responses

  • Ashlyn Hood
    signed 2026-09-16 07:13:04 +1000
  • Celeste Newman
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    Listener of the Two Doting Dads podcast – this cause is so important!!
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  • Belle
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