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12 months of paid parental leave - sign the petition

✍️ 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.

But right now, Australia funds just 26 weeks of paid parental leave, paid at minimum wage. For most families, that's simply not enough.

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.

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.

If you believe every baby deserves a strong foundation and every family deserves a first year they can afford to share, add your name today.

Here For It. From Day One.

People who have signed the petition
Cerys Loader
Julia Cornelius
Geraldine Smith
Tim Davidson
sue thatcher
Chantelle Coleman
Patricia O'Dowd
Laura Boehm
Charlotte Casey
Melissa Reagan-Dart
David Everett
Kristy Hanley
Lucy Tucker
Carmen Baldwin
Cat Smith
Sammy Brown
Alana Morse
Clare Arthur
Rachel Ezzy
Charley Beikoff
Paigen Neilson
Georgie Dent
Maryjean Whyte

Will you sign?

Recent responses

  • Cerys Loader
    signed 2026-07-01 15:48:19 +1000
  • Julia Cornelius
    signed 2026-07-01 15:37:18 +1000
  • Geraldine Smith
    signed 2026-07-01 15:35:16 +1000
  • Tim Davidson
    signed 2026-07-01 15:33:59 +1000
  • sue thatcher
    signed 2026-07-01 15:32:01 +1000
  • Chantelle Coleman
    signed 2026-07-01 15:31:05 +1000
  • Patricia O'Dowd
    signed 2026-07-01 15:30:34 +1000
  • Laura Boehm
    signed 2026-07-01 15:24:59 +1000
  • Charlotte Casey
    signed 2026-07-01 15:22:54 +1000
  • Melissa Reagan-Dart
    signed 2026-07-01 15:14:10 +1000
  • David Everett
    signed 2026-07-01 14:53:34 +1000
  • Kristy Hanley
    signed 2026-07-01 14:22:02 +1000
    Yes!!! And take a load off the daycare system. That is all.
  • Lucy Tucker
    signed 2026-07-01 14:07:12 +1000
  • Carmen Baldwin
    signed 2026-07-01 13:39:44 +1000
  • Cat Smith
    signed 2026-07-01 13:20:22 +1000
  • Sammy Brown
    signed 2026-07-01 13:16:07 +1000
  • Alana Morse
    signed 2026-07-01 13:10:28 +1000
  • Clare Arthur
    signed 2026-07-01 13:10:24 +1000
  • Rachel Ezzy
    signed 2026-07-01 13:09:42 +1000
  • Charley Beikoff
    signed 2026-07-01 13:07:55 +1000
  • Paigen Neilson
    signed 2026-07-01 12:43:12 +1000
  • Georgie Dent
    signed 2026-07-01 09:08:13 +1000
  • Maryjean Whyte
    signed 2026-07-01 08:57:35 +1000
  • Maryjean Whyte
    published this page in Campaigns 2026-07-01 08:54:34 +1000