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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 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
Olivia Corkhill
Georgie Dent
Jasmine Howells
Chloe Cottom
Eva Sakalis
Rebecca Hamilton
Kadee Lowe
Amber Clayburn
Emily Ontatzis
Nicci Holder
Rebecca Frith
Marie-Brigitte Mitchell
Fay Calderone
Dana Weston
Sofia
Haya Qutami
Katie Rajasingham
Angus Collins
Andrew Roberts
Maddie Hooley
Jessica Ngo-Jessy
Michael Cotter
Ellen Rosengren-Johnson
Lauren Crisara
Vanessa Babayen-on
Kendell Coombe
Daniel O'Kane
Emily Hodson
Ash Parnham

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    Thank you for all you are doing to make the future a little easier for parents around Australia!
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    If there is anything other than money that you need for help or advocacy I volunteer!
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    More paid leave to parents is critical to the country and families
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