Pregnant women spared paid parental leave cutback as Nick Xenophon rejects start date

By Tom McIlroy
Updated October 26 2016 - 11:13pm, first published 2:34pm
Senator Nick Xenophon says his team won't support a January 1 start date for changes to paid parental leave. Photo: Andrew Meares
Senator Nick Xenophon says his team won't support a January 1 start date for changes to paid parental leave. Photo: Andrew Meares
Social Services Minister Christian Porter wants to negotiate on paid parental leave. Photo: Alex Ellinghausen
Social Services Minister Christian Porter wants to negotiate on paid parental leave. Photo: Alex Ellinghausen

Pregnant women will be spared having their taxpayer-funded parental leave payments withdrawn after Senate crossbench powerbroker Nick Xenophon said the government's proposed start date was "manifestly unfair".

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