In welcome news for new and soon-to-be parents, paid parental leave has today increased from 22 to 24 weeks. It’s one of several legislative changes coming into effect on July 1, coinciding with the beginning of a new financial year.<\/p>\n
Back in 2022, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese announced a plan to gradually increase paid parental leave across the Australia from just over four months to 26 weeks \u2013 or approximately six months. He shared the new policy at a New South Wales<\/a> State Labor conference, saying that \u201cone of the best ways to boost productivity and participation across our economy is to provide more choice and more support for families and more opportunity for women.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n “This is a modern policy to support modern families. We know that investing in parental leave benefits our economy. It is good for productivity and participation, it’s good for families and it’s good for our country as a whole,” he said.<\/p>\n “More generous and more flexible paid parental leave rewards aspiration and provides every parent of a new baby with greater choice and better support.”<\/p>\n By July 2026, this plan will be fully realised, with government-funded Paid Parental Leave again increasing, this time to 26 weeks. Below, everything you need to know about this policy change.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n A post shared by Anthony Albanese (@albomp)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n