Kara Cook (Bonner, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Hansard source

Today, Labor women stood side by side to celebrate the anniversary of this Albanese Labor government's landmark almost $800 million women's health package, and the results are clear. Women in my community of Bonner and certainly right across the country are paying less, accessing more and receiving better care. More than 660,000 women have accessed over two million cheaper PBS scripts for contraception, menopausal hormone therapies and endometriosis treatment. For the first time in decades, new contraceptives and menopause therapies have been listed on the PBS, saving women over $73 million in just one year. Women with endometriosis are now accessing treatment at PBS prices—just $25 a script—and women undergoing IVF are receiving earlier and more affordable fertility care. We've invested $49 million in additional gynaecological services, expanded specialist care, increased rebates and opened 11 new endometriosis and pelvic pain clinics, taking the national network to 33. With record numbers of women on this side of the chamber, certainly, and elected to this parliament, women's health is no longer an afterthought; it is a priority. And this Albanese Labor government is delivering.

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