Family

Paid parental leave pains: calls for a review of the federal government's paid parental leave scheme

By Penelope Green
September 9 2019 - 8:00pm
Fair go: "It's backwards," says Tom Hunter-Leahy, with his children Dylan, 2, and Ruby, of the parental leave scheme. Picture: Simone De Peak
Fair go: "It's backwards," says Tom Hunter-Leahy, with his children Dylan, 2, and Ruby, of the parental leave scheme. Picture: Simone De Peak

WHEN Newcastle solicitor Tom Hunter-Leahy became a father for the second time in June, he received two weeks' full pay in paternity leave.

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