Joe Ludwig (Queensland, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry) Share this | Hansard source

The Minister for Health has provided the following answer to the honourable senator's question:

The Department of Health and Ageing provides funding to several organisations working in the area of sexual and reproductive health promotion to support public education, research and professional development, and to support advocacy for people affected by blood borne viruses and sexually transmissible infections.

The Department does not provide any funding to organisations to directly provide sexual and reproductive health services. Australian Government funding for these services is provided only through the Medicare Benefits Schedule and Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme. Some funding to organisations is provided by state and territory governments.