Free period products for Canberrans

The ACT Government is supporting free period products for Canberrans.

Students in ACT public schools can already access free period products.

Free period products are also available at some locations in Canberra including:

• some ACT public health services
• the Child and Family Centres located in Gungahlin, West Belconnen and Tuggeranong
• the Child Development Service in Holder.

The ACT Government will make period products in more locations in a staged approach over the coming months and years.

The government will provide regular updates about the availability of free period products. It will also provide age-appropriate information in languages other than English.

This is an important initiative to reduce period poverty. It will help people who menstruate to manage their periods in a safe and healthy way.

The ACT follows Scotland as only the second jurisdiction in the world to enshrine free period products in law. This aims to end period poverty and give people who menstruate the dignity they deserve.

The ACT Government remains committed to free period products for Canberrans.

In the 2023/24 mid- year budget, the ACT Government has committed to support the roll out of free period products, ahead of the start of the Period Products and Facilities (Access) Act 2023.