Thursday, 14 August 2025

Northern Metropolitan Region

Sheena WATT (Northern Metropolitan) (12:44): (1745) My constituency question today is directed to the Minister for Women in the other place. Access to period products is a basic necessity, not a luxury, yet period poverty remains an often overlooked but deeply damaging barrier for many. It denies people the essential hygiene they need and severely impacts their health, education, wellbeing and sense of dignity; in fact one in five of those who need period products say they cannot afford them each month. That is why the recent announcement to expand our government’s free period pads and tampon program is a vital step to ensuring people have reliable, consistent access to period products when and where they need them. My question to the minister is: what venues in the Northern Metropolitan Region are providing free access to period products under this program?