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12 months of paid parental leave - sign the petition
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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
Melinda Farrell
Tane Caulcutt
Jessica Millar
Lauren Kerr
Emily Harwood
James Campbell-Graham
Raphael Duffy
Rachel Mackie
Sarese Paull
Shana Spurgeon-Cherry
Mel Musu
Mollie Jackson
Cara Devine
Arvind Murugappan
Kealan Brady
Chloe Young
Amelia Berwick
Taylor Brooks
Marty Morrice
Emma Walsh
Ben Walsh
Chelsea Mcloughlin
Sam Cumming
Tess Rafferty
Megan Mavris
Aaron Au
Ellen
Britney Blake
Taylor Granchi
Helen Walker-Cook

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