QLD Premier Announces Free Sanitary Products In All State Schools

As part of charity partnership


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Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk has announced vending machines with free female sanitary products for all Queensland state schools.

The machines are part of a $2.5 million partnership with charity ‘Share the Dignity’ making pads and tampons more accessible to all students.

The Palaszczuk government entered into a trial with the charity earlier in the year and recently announced the trial would be extended to include vending machines in all Queensland state schools.

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The government initially announced that at least 62 Queensland schools would receive a “dignity vending machine”, with 58 more to follow.

Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk said the move will ensure children are not missing school as a result of lack of access to the necessary sanitary products.

“Access to free period products can make a real difference to children, especially students whose families are doing it tough, have unstable accommodation or are fleeing domestic and family violence,” she said.

“That’s why I am proud my government is providing funding to Share the Dignity, so they can roll a vending machine to every single state school in Queensland that wants one.”

Funding for the machines will be sourced from a $13.3 million investment into the Palaszczuk government’s upcoming budget.

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Georgie Marr

7 June 2022

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