The Rudd Government's recently passed paid maternity leave scheme will provide working parents with minimum wage entitlements for the first eighteen weeks after the birth of their child. In a surprising move, the Opposition is calling for more funding and wants big business to foot the bill.

Beau Donelly reports. 

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