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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
Catherine Selwood
Tanya Spasic
Bronte Sweetman
Olivia Thackeray
Chelsea Geldard
Laelle Masongele
Clare Hennessy
Claire Bridges
Joseph Chee
Jackie Mahoney
Gabrielle Hazen
Bonnie Hotker
Sally Skinner
Courtney Webber
Emma MacKenzie
Danielle Crebert
Logan Dougherty
Nick Robertson
Rachel Resnekov
Amelia Mclean
Michelle Mason
Georgia Charles
Caitlyn Lewis
Kate Totman
Hannah Kitchin
Melia Keyte
Matthew Besley
Maddison Howes
Lara
Niamh Chapman

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  • Catherine Selwood
    signed 2026-09-25 08:46:48 +1000
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  • Amelia Mclean
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  • Caitlyn Lewis
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  • Kate Totman
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  • Hannah Kitchin
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  • Melia Keyte
    signed 2026-09-25 00:04:35 +1000
    In the midst of baby one and terrified on how we are going to both be back at work full time with an infant. Keen to see the shift where people aren’t forced to go into an office anymore. I stand for this fully, and we need dads rights too!
  • Matthew Besley
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  • Maddison Howes
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  • Lara
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  • Niamh Chapman
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