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Should parental leave payments increase based on the mother's wage?

Australia has introduced an 18 week paid parental leave scheme which is publicly funded and provides the federal minimum wage (currently A$596.78 per week) rather than a percentage of the primary caregiver's salary. It is not be available to families where the primary caregiver has an annual salary above $150,000 per annum.  Learn more  or

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Response rates from 8.1k Melbourne (Northern Metropolitan) voters.

44%
Yes
56%
No
41%
Yes
41%
No
3%
Yes, and fund the increased payouts from taxes on high income businesses
7%
No, but increase the equal pay amount and duration of leave
6%
No, all mothers should get paid the same amount
2%
No, there should be no paid parental leave

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Unique answers from Melbourne (Northern Metropolitan) voters whose views went beyond the provided options.

 @4ZDL3Y3from South Australia  answered…4yrs4Y

Mothers should get their income tax refunded for the previous 9 months. Easy to adminster and scales to salary

 @9WBCNY8answered…1mo1MO

No, but parental leave should be available to both parents from their employer based on their current rate of pay, in addition to a universal parental payment system from the government for singles (and additional accounts for couples), regardless of gender or sexual orientation.

 @9RN8DTCanswered…4mos4MO

Parental leave payments should be payed by the employer at 100% of their normal wage. Should apply to both mothers and fathers

 @9DXR7GGanswered…1yr1Y

Yes it should be equal to the pay of the parent or carer taking the leave

 @9MB2Q2Wanswered…7mos7MO

Instate a NPTP (Negative Paternal Tax Payment) which pays out a proportional amount based on income during times of Paternal leave.

 @9GJ9TLManswered…1yr1Y

Parental leave should be higher in all positions, preferably the max amount of money available whether that's the same for everyone or not.

 @9F9CM9Canswered…1yr1Y

i support the pirate party

 @8VC6KG4answered…3yrs3Y

Yes and increase the duration of leave to 2 years

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