HOWARD FAMILY PACKAGE DELAYED The Australian 24th October 2002 Dennis Shanahan Summary The article ‘Howard family package delayed’ talks about John Howard’s work and family policy, one of the centerpieces of the Howard Government’s third term agenda. This work and family policy also includes the highly charged debate about the paid maternity leave issue. There has been little progress on delivery of the promised reforms for two main reasons. One reason is the strategists …showed first 75 words of 4005 total…

…showed last 75 words of 4005 total…men may feel left behind in some of the social issues like paternity leave. I believe the paternity leave is necessary as the extended family structure that used to be a support to the new mothers is no longer as prevalent and the father is the only other adult available to support the woman through this physically and emotionally charged time in life. This is really about equality of the sexes in the modern workforce.