Malarndirri McCarthy (NT, Australian Labor Party, Assistant Minister for Indigenous Australians) Share this | Hansard source

The government does not support this amendment. The government will be legislating to pay superannuation on government funded paid parental leave from July 2025. We are showing leadership in doing so and in helping to normalise parental leave as a workplace entitlement. In recent decades there has been a steady increase in employers funding parental leave alongside the government scheme. Among employers who offer their own paid parental leave, the vast majority—around 86 per cent—pay super on that leave. The government encourages employers to meet this standard and, increasingly, employees expect it too. The government will continue to work with employers on these matters, and that's what the national strategy for gender equality is all about.