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GovCo gets worse......"For the first time, the Government's paid parental leave for fathers will be extended to dads who whose partner is another dad.

Two women who become mums are also eligible for the paid leave.

The two weeks of baby care leave, paid at the minimum wage of about $606 a week, will from next January be available for fathers with same sex partners.

The baby they care for could come from adoption, sur
rogacy or other arrangements with a birth mother.

It is the exact scheme which will be used by fathers in conventional households from January 1.

Last January the Government introduced paid parental leave of 18 weeks for the "primary carer", usually the mother. Some 200,000 have taken up the baby care break."