[April Bradford]

Paid parental leave extended to 26 weeks by 2026, with pressure on dads to share more early caring​

Government-funded paid parental leave will be extended, and more pressure placed on fathers to share caring for babies, under an initiative to be unveiled by Anthony Albanese on Saturday.

Parental leave will be lengthened by six weeks, phased in, total 26 weeks by 2026, with use-it-or-lose-it provisions directed to having fathers undertake a greater part of the early parenting.

Leave will be able to be taken in blocks between periods of work. Single parents will be entitled to the full 26 weeks.

The present scheme is for 18 weeks of government-funded leave to care for a newborn. There is a separate 'Dad and Partner' payment for two weeks.

The government says it will introduce reforms to modernise the system and improve flexibility from July next year. From July 1 2024 the time will start lengthening, with two extra weeks put on each year until the scheme reaches 26 weeks from July 2026.

This is a great step towards parental equality. Image Source: Shutterstock​

The government’s women’s economic equality taskforce, chaired by Sam Mostyn, will advise on details of the model, including what mix of flexible weeks and the use-it-or-lose-it component for each parent are considered best. Details will be in the October 25 budget.

Albanese will formally announce the initiative when he addresses the NSW ALP conference on Saturday morning.

In his speech, an extract of which was released ahead of delivery, Albanese says that, like the government’s child care policy, extending PPL is an economic reform.

'By 2026, every family with a new baby will be able to access a total of six months paid leave, shared between the two parents,' he says.

'We will give families more leave and more flexibility, so people are able to use their weeks in a way that works best for them.

'Our plan will mean more families take up this leave, share in that precious time – and share the caring responsibilities more equally.

'This plan will support dads who want to take time off work to be more involved in those early months.

'It’s a modern policy, for modern families. It delivers more choice, it offers greater security – and it rewards aspiration.'

Albanese says that extended leave was one of the clearest calls that came out of the recent jobs summit.

'Businesses, unions, experts and economists all understand that providing more choice, more support and more flexibility for families and more opportunity for women boosts participation and productivity across the economy.'

He says the government sees this as 'the baseline, a national minimum standard.

'We are encouraged that there are already employers across Australia competing to offer working parents the best possible deal. And we want to see more of it.

'Because a parental leave system that empowers the full and equal participation of women will be good for business, good for families and good for the economy.'

Minister for Women Katy Gallagher said that 'having a child shouldn’t be an economic barrier for families or indeed act as a handbrake on the broader economy.

'Right now, this burden is borne disproportionately by women but we know that good women’s policy is also good economic policy and this decision is evidence of that.'

Minister for Social Services Amanda Rishworth said: 'This will benefit mums, it will benefit dads, it’s good for children, and it will be a huge boost to the economy.

'We know that treating parenting as an equal partnership helps to improve gender equality.'

This article was first published on The Conversation, and was written by Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow at the University of Canberra.

What do you think, members?

 

[relljube]

Paid parental leave extended to 26 weeks by 2026, with pressure on dads to share more early caring​

Government-funded paid parental leave will be extended, and more pressure placed on fathers to share caring for babies, under an initiative to be unveiled by Anthony Albanese on Saturday.

Parental leave will be lengthened by six weeks, phased in, total 26 weeks by 2026, with use-it-or-lose-it provisions directed to having fathers undertake a greater part of the early parenting.

Leave will be able to be taken in blocks between periods of work. Single parents will be entitled to the full 26 weeks.

The present scheme is for 18 weeks of government-funded leave to care for a newborn. There is a separate 'Dad and Partner' payment for two weeks.

The government says it will introduce reforms to modernise the system and improve flexibility from July next year. From July 1 2024 the time will start lengthening, with two extra weeks put on each year until the scheme reaches 26 weeks from July 2026.

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This is a great step towards parental equality. Image Source: Shutterstock​

The government’s women’s economic equality taskforce, chaired by Sam Mostyn, will advise on details of the model, including what mix of flexible weeks and the use-it-or-lose-it component for each parent are considered best. Details will be in the October 25 budget.

Albanese will formally announce the initiative when he addresses the NSW ALP conference on Saturday morning.

In his speech, an extract of which was released ahead of delivery, Albanese says that, like the government’s child care policy, extending PPL is an economic reform.

'By 2026, every family with a new baby will be able to access a total of six months paid leave, shared between the two parents,' he says.

'We will give families more leave and more flexibility, so people are able to use their weeks in a way that works best for them.

'Our plan will mean more families take up this leave, share in that precious time – and share the caring responsibilities more equally.

'This plan will support dads who want to take time off work to be more involved in those early months.

'It’s a modern policy, for modern families. It delivers more choice, it offers greater security – and it rewards aspiration.'

Albanese says that extended leave was one of the clearest calls that came out of the recent jobs summit.

'Businesses, unions, experts and economists all understand that providing more choice, more support and more flexibility for families and more opportunity for women boosts participation and productivity across the economy.'

He says the government sees this as 'the baseline, a national minimum standard.

'We are encouraged that there are already employers across Australia competing to offer working parents the best possible deal. And we want to see more of it.

'Because a parental leave system that empowers the full and equal participation of women will be good for business, good for families and good for the economy.'

Minister for Women Katy Gallagher said that 'having a child shouldn’t be an economic barrier for families or indeed act as a handbrake on the broader economy.

'Right now, this burden is borne disproportionately by women but we know that good women’s policy is also good economic policy and this decision is evidence of that.'

Minister for Social Services Amanda Rishworth said: 'This will benefit mums, it will benefit dads, it’s good for children, and it will be a huge boost to the economy.

'We know that treating parenting as an equal partnership helps to improve gender equality.'

This article was first published on The Conversation, and was written by Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow at the University of Canberra.

What do you think, members?

So who pays for this generous offering - taxpayer, employer, tooth fairy? If it is the employer responsibility, there go the jobs for any child bearing aged women - employers will find a "go around" to explain the lack of female employees under say 40. The problem with social issues is that they become social divides and Albanese and Co are too stupid to see this.
If you choose to have children be prepared to support them by yourself & stop looking for handouts - case in point is childcare - we are already paying a whopping amount out of taxpayer dollars for the childcare operators to get filthy rich on (doesn't carry through to the staff though!)
The 80's were known as the "greed" generations - the 20's will be known as the "handout" generation. Enough is enough

 

[Ricci]

Gone are the days when you brought up your own kids. It seems to me that they have them, look after them for what will be the first six months then hand them over for someone else to raise until the age of 18 when they can go out into the world by themselves.

Pretty soon all we will have is weekend parenting and seeing as a lot of families break down you will only have to have your own kids every other weekend. There is something seriously wrong with that vision.

Will the family parenting payments go to the child care institution instead or are we double dipping for each child, paying the family and the child care/school? And out of which magical pot or from which money tree is the cash to come from?

Parents will be legit to say they were not responsible when their child goes off the rails as they will have had almost no input into their raising.

 

[Suzanne rose]

When my kids were young hubby worked as a shunter on the railway and I worked through party plan selling Tupperware, Bessemer and kids clothes, that way I could work around when hubby was home so one of us would be with the kids.
We managed to pay the mortgage, bills,cloth the kids and put food on the table.
When my youngest started school I then went to work full-time.

I did everything my self .

The trouble with this generation is they want holidays, they want big houses and expensive cars.

The government needs to put the money into more necessary things. Homeless, Elderly , hospitals, schools ,mental illness ect the list goes on

 

[Lynjac]

Paid parental leave extended to 26 weeks by 2026, with pressure on dads to share more early caring​

Government-funded paid parental leave will be extended, and more pressure placed on fathers to share caring for babies, under an initiative to be unveiled by Anthony Albanese on Saturday.

Parental leave will be lengthened by six weeks, phased in, total 26 weeks by 2026, with use-it-or-lose-it provisions directed to having fathers undertake a greater part of the early parenting.

Leave will be able to be taken in blocks between periods of work. Single parents will be entitled to the full 26 weeks.

The present scheme is for 18 weeks of government-funded leave to care for a newborn. There is a separate 'Dad and Partner' payment for two weeks.

The government says it will introduce reforms to modernise the system and improve flexibility from July next year. From July 1 2024 the time will start lengthening, with two extra weeks put on each year until the scheme reaches 26 weeks from July 2026.

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This is a great step towards parental equality. Image Source: Shutterstock​

The government’s women’s economic equality taskforce, chaired by Sam Mostyn, will advise on details of the model, including what mix of flexible weeks and the use-it-or-lose-it component for each parent are considered best. Details will be in the October 25 budget.

Albanese will formally announce the initiative when he addresses the NSW ALP conference on Saturday morning.

In his speech, an extract of which was released ahead of delivery, Albanese says that, like the government’s child care policy, extending PPL is an economic reform.

'By 2026, every family with a new baby will be able to access a total of six months paid leave, shared between the two parents,' he says.

'We will give families more leave and more flexibility, so people are able to use their weeks in a way that works best for them.

'Our plan will mean more families take up this leave, share in that precious time – and share the caring responsibilities more equally.

'This plan will support dads who want to take time off work to be more involved in those early months.

'It’s a modern policy, for modern families. It delivers more choice, it offers greater security – and it rewards aspiration.'

Albanese says that extended leave was one of the clearest calls that came out of the recent jobs summit.

'Businesses, unions, experts and economists all understand that providing more choice, more support and more flexibility for families and more opportunity for women boosts participation and productivity across the economy.'

He says the government sees this as 'the baseline, a national minimum standard.

'We are encouraged that there are already employers across Australia competing to offer working parents the best possible deal. And we want to see more of it.

'Because a parental leave system that empowers the full and equal participation of women will be good for business, good for families and good for the economy.'

Minister for Women Katy Gallagher said that 'having a child shouldn’t be an economic barrier for families or indeed act as a handbrake on the broader economy.

'Right now, this burden is borne disproportionately by women but we know that good women’s policy is also good economic policy and this decision is evidence of that.'

Minister for Social Services Amanda Rishworth said: 'This will benefit mums, it will benefit dads, it’s good for children, and it will be a huge boost to the economy.

'We know that treating parenting as an equal partnership helps to improve gender equality.'

This article was first published on The Conversation, and was written by Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow at the University of Canberra.

What do you think, members?

No one can guarantee that this is what the dads will use it for. I know at least one that has used to renovate their new home not help the new baby.

 

[kiwidi29]

Paid parental leave extended to 26 weeks by 2026, with pressure on dads to share more early caring​

Government-funded paid parental leave will be extended, and more pressure placed on fathers to share caring for babies, under an initiative to be unveiled by Anthony Albanese on Saturday.

Parental leave will be lengthened by six weeks, phased in, total 26 weeks by 2026, with use-it-or-lose-it provisions directed to having fathers undertake a greater part of the early parenting.

Leave will be able to be taken in blocks between periods of work. Single parents will be entitled to the full 26 weeks.

The present scheme is for 18 weeks of government-funded leave to care for a newborn. There is a separate 'Dad and Partner' payment for two weeks.

The government says it will introduce reforms to modernise the system and improve flexibility from July next year. From July 1 2024 the time will start lengthening, with two extra weeks put on each year until the scheme reaches 26 weeks from July 2026.

View attachment 7279
This is a great step towards parental equality. Image Source: Shutterstock​

The government’s women’s economic equality taskforce, chaired by Sam Mostyn, will advise on details of the model, including what mix of flexible weeks and the use-it-or-lose-it component for each parent are considered best. Details will be in the October 25 budget.

Albanese will formally announce the initiative when he addresses the NSW ALP conference on Saturday morning.

In his speech, an extract of which was released ahead of delivery, Albanese says that, like the government’s child care policy, extending PPL is an economic reform.

'By 2026, every family with a new baby will be able to access a total of six months paid leave, shared between the two parents,' he says.

'We will give families more leave and more flexibility, so people are able to use their weeks in a way that works best for them.

'Our plan will mean more families take up this leave, share in that precious time – and share the caring responsibilities more equally.

'This plan will support dads who want to take time off work to be more involved in those early months.

'It’s a modern policy, for modern families. It delivers more choice, it offers greater security – and it rewards aspiration.'

Albanese says that extended leave was one of the clearest calls that came out of the recent jobs summit.

'Businesses, unions, experts and economists all understand that providing more choice, more support and more flexibility for families and more opportunity for women boosts participation and productivity across the economy.'

He says the government sees this as 'the baseline, a national minimum standard.

'We are encouraged that there are already employers across Australia competing to offer working parents the best possible deal. And we want to see more of it.

'Because a parental leave system that empowers the full and equal participation of women will be good for business, good for families and good for the economy.'

Minister for Women Katy Gallagher said that 'having a child shouldn’t be an economic barrier for families or indeed act as a handbrake on the broader economy.

'Right now, this burden is borne disproportionately by women but we know that good women’s policy is also good economic policy and this decision is evidence of that.'

Minister for Social Services Amanda Rishworth said: 'This will benefit mums, it will benefit dads, it’s good for children, and it will be a huge boost to the economy.

'We know that treating parenting as an equal partnership helps to improve gender equality.'

This article was first published on The Conversation, and was written by Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow at the University of Canberra.

What do you think, members?

 

[kiwidi29]

A wonderful idea! Very precious time for all.

 

[Col@45]

When my kids were young hubby worked as a shunter on the railway and I worked through party plan selling Tupperware, Bessemer and kids clothes, that way I could work around when hubby was home so one of us would be with the kids.
We managed to pay the mortgage, bills,cloth the kids and put food on the table.
When my youngest started school I then went to work full-time.

I did everything my self .

The trouble with this generation is they want holidays, they want big houses and expensive cars.

The government needs to put the money into more necessary things. Homeless, Elderly , hospitals, schools ,mental illness ect the list goes on

Exactly right....the poor taxpayer gets to pay for bringing up children these days whereas we had to pay for everything ourselves. If you can't afford to look after children yourself, why have them ????