The budget pledged $12.5 million for free menstrual products in Indigenous communities. Here’s why it’s needed

  • Written by: Nina Lansbury, Associate Professor in Public Health, The University of Queensland
The budget pledged $12.5 million for free menstrual products in Indigenous communities. Here’s why it’s neededProstock-studio/Shutterstock

Last week’s federal budget committed A$12.5 million over four years to deliver tampons, pads and other period care products to people who menstruate in rural and remote Indigenous communities.

The provision of these products will be coordinated by the National Aboriginal Community-Controlled Health Organisation (NAC...

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