Labor drops plan to pay superannuation on paid parental leave

Super industry urges major parties not to walk past this entrenched inequality while talking a big game on gender equality'

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Labor has confirmed it has dumped its plan to pay superannuation on paid parental leave, with frontbencher Tanya Plibersek admitting it isn't possible for us to fix every problem" in the first term of a possible new government.

Leading voices in the super and economic security space have urged the opposition to reconsider, saying the budgetary impact would be modest" but that the long-mooted reform would deliver huge benefits to working women and address the gender pay gap.