ABC: throw pies at Abbott’s face, page-129

"It's also a disgrace that Sales takes her maternity leave and then uses her podium to constant push that it isn't needed".

How do you know under what financial terms and conditions Ms Sales had her maternity leave?

If she negotiated x no of months of paid leave in her contract, then good for her.
That is no different from what any other woman could have done in private enterprise before accepting a position.