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School pitch to state policy: How Canberra students helped change the conversation on period poverty

August 16, 2026

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ACT government to install machines to dispense pads in schools across ACT. Photo: ACT government.

When six Canberra High School students stood up at an International Women’s Day conference in 2021 to talk about period poverty, they weren’t trying to change government policy.

They simply wanted…

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