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BENN DORRINGTON
Gay dads working in the public...
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Australia’s leading gay and lesbian newspaper
Est.
1979
ONLINE TWITTER @star_observerISSUE 1155 FACEBOOK Star ObserverFriday 21 December 2012starobserver.
com.
au
Gaydadsfearparentalleave>> NATIONAL
BENN DORRINGTON
Gay dads working in the public sector in
some states are forgoing paid parental
leave to avoid raising suspicions from
state authorities due to strict state
surrogacylaws.
Overseas commercial surrogacy is
illegal in NSW, Queensland and the ACT
despitenineoutof10Australiangaymen
who want to be full-time fathers taking
thisoption.
On January 1 next year, the federal
government’s Dad and Partner Leave
scheme will begin and offer two weeks
paid leave at the minimum wage for
partners of the primary carer, although
dads are already accessing the Paid
Leave Pay scheme worth 18 weeks at the
minimumwage.
But Gay Dads Australia and Surrogacy
Australiasaidmanygaydadsareworried
their employers will find out about the
surrogacy arrangements if they appl
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