A parent advocacy body is calling for the federal government to reform paid parental leave and scale it up towards a full year between carers.
The Parenthood chief executive Georgie Dent appeared before a parliamentary inquiry into the scheme on Monday to outline key areas of reform.
They include a six-week “use it or lose it” provision in the 26-week leave scheme in a bid to incentivise men to use their entitlement.
Dent is pushing for an increase to paid parental leave of up to 52 weeks equally shared between two carers, a boost to the payment rate from the minimum wage to a replacement wage and the extension of superannuation guarantees….