Paid Parental Leave Amendment (Flexibility Measures) Bill 2020

The majority voted against an amendment introduced by member for Barton Linda Burney to the usual second reading motion that "the bill be read for a second time", which is parliamentary jargon for agreeing with the main idea of the bill.

Motion text

That all words after "That" be omitted with a view to substituting the following words:

"whilst not declining to give the bill a second reading, the House notes:

(1) the financial difficulties facing Australian parents juggling young children and work;

(2) the Government's repeated cuts to family assistance and programs designed to support children and parents; and

(3) that women continue to do a disproportionable share of work in the home and raising children, as well as facing a significant gender pay gap"