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AUCKLAND, NEW ZEALAND - MAY 05: Secondary school teacher Sarah Ward at home on maternity leave with her three month old daughter Esme Kelliher, is in the last week of her paid parental leave allowance ahead of the New Zealand Federal Budget release, on May 5, 2015 in Auckland, New Zealand. New Zealand's Minister of Finance has announced that Budget 2015 will be presented on 21 May 2015. Photo by Fiona Goodall/Getty Images
The Greens will block Labor’s plans to tax wealthy retiree funds unless the government commits superannuation payments to paid parental leave.
The Greens want to use their balance of power in the Senate as leverage to make the government take action after being voted down by Labor earlier this year on compulsory super payments being added to Commonwealth parental leave payments.
Daryl Vandenberg is a journalist based in the Kimberley region of Western Australia. He is a former news anchor for Canadian radio stations Moose FM, 99.1 FM Ontario, and Newcap Radio.
