Mathias Cormann (WA, Liberal Party, Shadow Minister for Employment Participation, Apprenticeships and Training) Share this | Hansard source

I will run through them, and some of the people might surprise you, Senator Collins. Prominent feminist, Eva Cox, cautiously welcomed the plan. I quote from the Age on 9 March 2010:

I think it’s a game-changer. Whether it comes off or not it’s radical and ambitious and sets a benchmark of 26 weeks instead of the 18 that was originally proposed by Labor.

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If you’re a woman (or man) of baby-making age, it’s a difficult scheme to fault from a personal point of view.

I applaud the time-frame of 6 months and I applaud the idea of the payment being at full wage.

That was in an article by Mia Freedman, in MamaMia, on 10 March 2010.

The national chairwoman of the Women’s Electorate Lobby, Eva Cox, again—