Fact Check: Kevin Rudd goes too far on paid parental leave for millionaires

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Fact Check: Kevin Rudd goes too far on paid parental leave for millionaires

22 Aug 2013

RMIT ABC Fact Check

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Australian Labor Party Parental leave Australia

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Fact Check: Kevin Rudd goes too far on paid parental leave for millionaires

Description

Prime Minister Kevin Rudd claims the Coalition's signature promise would unfairly pay thousands of dollars in parental leave to men who earn a million dollars a year.
Verdict: Overreach

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation 2013

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open

Post date:

26 May 2020

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