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12 months of paid parental leave - sign the petition
2,634 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
Penny Vicars
Clare Harbour
Shenaee Etcell
Tina Ngo
Emily Neilson
Alexia Bull
Tara S.
Chloe Woods
Zoe Lee
Nicola MacRae
Emma Pitman
Amanda Andrews
Elisa Murison
Stefanie Ruckpaul
Phoebe Bishop
Rebecca Roberts
Erin Blacklock
Amy Lu
Mez Genc
Sacha Seymour
Emily Develin
Megan boardman
Jane Rogan
Tori
Ellie Evans
Sarah Platts
Rachel C
Anya Konings
Amanda Seymonsbergen
Stephanie Reeves

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  • Penny Vicars
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  • Tina Ngo
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    Thank you for advocating! Georgie you were phenomenal at Press Club!!!
  • Emily Neilson
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  • Alexia Bull
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    Was moved by Georgie’s address at The Press Club – thank you for encapsulating the issues and what is needed so articulately.
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