Minister for Employment Guy Opperman has spoken about the loss of his twin boys, who died shortly after they were born.

He is advocating for new legislation surrounding pregnancy and child birth, including time off for people who have been through a similar experience and equal quality of maternity care services across the country.

"You shouldn't be fundamentally penalised in your employee status by reason of a disastrous maternal event that has affected you," he said.

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