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senate vote 2024-03-18#8
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2024-03-28 17:05:56
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Title
Bills — Paid Parental Leave Amendment (More Support for Working Families) Bill 2023; in Committee- Paid Parental Leave Amendment (More Support for Working Families) Bill 2023 - in Committee - 26 weeks available from 2024
Description
<p class="speaker">Larissa Waters</p><p>by leave—I move the final Greens requests for amendments, requests (1) to (3) on sheet 2141 together:</p>-
- The majority voted against [amendments](https://www.openaustralia.org.au/senate/?gid=2024-03-18.49.1) introduced by Queensland Senator [Larissa Waters](https://theyvoteforyou.org.au/people/senate/queensland/larissa_waters) (Greens), which means they were unsuccessful.
- ### What do these amendments do?
- Senator Waters [explained that](https://www.openaustralia.org.au/senate/?gid=2024-03-18.49.1):
- > *This bill would increase the amount of PPL [paid parental leave] up to 26 weeks by 2026. We support the increase to 26 weeks, but why do you need to wait until 2026 to do the good thing? Do the good thing now. That's what this amendment says. Make those 26 weeks available for new parents from this year, not 2026.*
- ### Amendment text
- > *(1) Schedule 1, item 4, page 3 (lines 13 to 18), omit the item, substitute:*
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- >> *4 Paragraph 21(1)(a)*
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- >> *Omit "10", substitute "20".*
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- > *(2) Schedule 1, item 12, page 8 (lines 24 to 29), omit paragraphs 31ABA(1)(b) to (d), substitute:*
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- >> *(b) for a child born on or after 1 July 2024—130 flexible PPL days for the child.*
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- > *(3) Schedule 1, item 12, page 9 (lines 11 to 16), omit paragraphs 31ABA(2)(b) to (d), substitute:*
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- >> *(b) for a child born on or after 1 July 2024—110 flexible PPL days for the child.*
<p class="italic">(1) Schedule 1, item 4, page 3 (lines 13 to 18), omit the item, substitute:</p><p class="italic">4 Paragraph 21(1)(a)</p><p class="italic">Omit "10", substitute "20".</p><p class="italic">(2) Schedule 1, item 12, page 8 (lines 24 to 29), omit paragraphs 31ABA(1)(b) to (d), substitute:</p><p class="italic">(b) for a child born on or after 1 July 2024—130 flexible PPL days for the child.</p><p class="italic">(3) Schedule 1, item 12, page 9 (lines 11 to 16), omit paragraphs 31ABA(2)(b) to (d), substitute:</p><p class="italic">(b) for a child born on or after 1 July 2024—110 flexible PPL days for the child.</p><p>Briefly for the chamber, this is another one where we are not making women wait. This bill would increase the amount of PPL up to 26 weeks by 2026. We support the increase to 26 weeks, but why do you need to wait until 2026 to do the good thing? Do the good thing now. That's what this amendment says. Make those 26 weeks available for new parents from this year, not 2026. Stop making women wait.</p> <p class="speaker">Malarndirri McCarthy</p><p>The government is investing a total of $1.2 billion over five years to expand the scheme to 26 weeks by 2026. It is the largest investment in PPL since Labor introduced it in 2011, and families will have access to more PPL than ever before. Our staged approach enables structural reform in a difficult fiscal environment. We do not support this.</p> <p class="speaker">Andrew McLachlan</p><p>The question before the chair is that the requests for amendments (1) to (3) on sheet 2141, as moved by Senator Waters, be agreed to.</p><p></p><p></p> -
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