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联邦政府同意从2011年开始向家庭年收入小于150,000澳元的新生儿母亲提供产假津贴,每周544澳元,共18周 (细则更新:没有上班的妈妈还是拿５０００的BONUS。上班的妈妈拿１８周的$544的带薪产假，同时雇主必须为其交纳养老金,但不再拿那个5000,同时不再拿TAX FAMILIY B)
The federal government will commit to paid parental leave from January 2011 for those earning less that $150,000 a year, federal Treasurer Wayne Swan says.
Mr Swan, who will hand down his second budget on Tuesday, said the scheme will pay the federal minimum wage for 18 weeks and will be funded by the government, not business.
"This is a very significant reform," Mr Swan told the Nine Network.
"The scheme must be introduced in a measured and responsible way, particularly taking into account a global recession."
He said the early years of a child's life are important for prospects in later life, while the quality of family life is impacted by the quality of work life.
"We have got to get that balance between work and family right, and paid parental leave is an essential reform," he said.
"We are one of only two countries in the western world that doesn't have paid parental leave."
Mr Swan says the leave will be paid for 18 weeks at the federal minimum wage of about $544 per week.
"This will be of particular benefit to low and middle-income families, low and middle income mums, who've been left out in the cold for so long," he said.
"Nothing could be more important to a prosperous economy, but also a healthy society, than a measure like this."
However, the independent senator Nick Xenophon says Australia cannot afford to further delay the introduction of paid parental leave.
Senator Xenophon told Sky News the scheme was long overdue, and should be introduced despite its effect on an already difficult budget.
"I think it's a question of can we afford not to do it right now," he said.
"When you consider the social benefit in giving mums paid maternity leave, I think ... it's a good thing to do right now, irrespective of the fact that things are relatively tough."
While he was pleased that there was now a start date for the reform, Senator Xenophon said he may push for it to be brought forward.
"January 2011 - it's a good start, but let's see whether it can be pushed forward a little," he said.
Senator Xenophon said he also remained concerned that single parents could miss out on planned pension increases.
"It doesn't make sense to me for the government to be giving long overdue increases to senior citizens in terms of pensions, but that sole parents, single mums in particular, will miss out," he said.
"Last time I checked, they still have to pay just as much as everybody else at the checkout for the basic essentials of life and I think there's an anomaly there."
Meanwhile, the opposition says announcing a federal paid parental leave scheme so far in advance may stop employers introducing their own measures in the interim.
"My fear about this being stretched out to 2011 is that the employers that want to continue, or do implement maternity schemes, will just simply pull up stumps," treasury spokesman Joe Hockey told ABC Television.
"Because now they know that the Rudd government with taxpayers money is going to step into the breach, they don't need to do anything."
He said BHP announced a "very generous" scheme last week.
"Who is going to pay for this at the end of the day? This says everything about their budget," he said.
"On the one hand they're handing out cheques for $900 ... and on the other hand they are saying it is going to be a tough budget.
"On the one hand they say we have got to have sustainable budgets into the future, now they are putting promises on the never-never.
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