PAID PARENTAL LEAVE: Rudd and Abbott overlook stay-at-home mothers*

Children will suffer discrimination based on the workforce status of their parents if the Rudd Labor Government’s draft paid parental leave (PPL) bill is enacted.PPL would give families on two full-time incomes an average of $2,000 more per pregnancy than single-income families who get the baby bonus.I, along with a number of like-minded pro-family activists, gave evidence on the subject recently to the Senate Community Affairs Legislation Committee on the “exposure draft of the Paid Parental Le…

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