Labor's candidate for Forde, Peter Beattie, described the coalition's parental leave plan as unfair. Source: AAP
PETER Beattie has described the coalition's paid parental leave scheme as "gold-edged" and unfair during a campaign stop in Forde.
The former Queensland premier visited a childcare centre at Loganholme, south of Brisbane, on Thursday as part of his bid to win the marginal Liberal-held seat.
The star Labor candidate also signed a pledge to have workers in the female-dominated early childhood sector paid professional wages.
But he used his campaign appearance to attack the coalition's plan to give six months' leave on full pay to any women earning up to $150,000 a year.
"There is no doubt that the $5 billion they're going to spend on a gold-edged paid parental leave scheme, which looks after the wealthy, to the tune of $75,000 for six months, is frankly not only unfair," he told AAP.
"But that kind of money needs to be redirected into these (childcare) programs."
Mr Beattie said an investment in affordable childcare would do more to keep women working.
"You ask a mum, 'What do you want?'. You want affordable childcare, full stop," he said.
"I couldn't think of a better way to spend that sort of money than in early childcare."
Opposition Leader Tony Abbott's plan is based on making Australia's 3200 largest corporations pay an extra 1.5 per cent in company tax to fund his parental leave scheme from July 2015.
Mr Beattie also voiced support for increasing early childhood sector wages, but said budgetary constraints would delay increasing coverage from 40 per cent to 100 per cent of the sector.
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