Free period product dispensers will soon be rolled out in all ACT public schools.

It follows a successful trial of the dispensers in 31 schools.

The dispensers are installed in student-friendly locations, including in girls’, gender-neutral and accessible bathrooms, and other wellbeing spaces.

They make pads available for free in primary schools, and pads and tampons in high schools, P–10 schools, and colleges.

Education Minister Rachel Stephen-Smith joined Rod and Producer Nolsy to discuss the announcement: