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===Laws & Social Stigmas=== <!--T:48--> | ===Laws & Social Stigmas=== <!--T:48--> | ||
In January 2019, the federal government officially abolished the GST (goods and services tax) from menstrual products sales. In the past, menstrual products were considered a "luxury," so a 10% tax was added to their sales. There was an 18 years of campaign to end this tax, which the government agreed to stop in 2018.<ref>[https://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-10-03/tampon-tax-to-go-states-and-territories-agree-to-remove-gst/10332490 Tampon tax to go, with states and territories agreeing to remove GST from sanitary products]</ref> | |||
===What to Get & Where to Get It=== <!--T:49--> | ===What to Get & Where to Get It=== <!--T:49--> | ||