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Maternity leave lobbyists among few to celebrate in the wake of a tight Federal budget

13 May 2009, 11.13 AM
Maternity leave lobbyists among few to celebrate in the wake of a tight Federal budget

VIDEO ALERT: Paid maternity leave will increase the value our nation places on paid and unpaid work of mothers according to University of Melbourne researcher Amanda Cooklin.

Ms Cooklin says the inclusion in tomorrow’s budget of an 18-week paid parental leave scheme which will begin nationally from January 2011, is an “historic and important decision”.