Nola Marino (Forrest, Liberal Party, Shadow Assistant Minister for Education) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

March is EndoMarch, and I'm a really proud ambassador for Endometriosis Australia. Last week I held an endometriosis morning tea and invited people to come along and help raise some money for Endometriosis Australia.

Of course, it is a condition that affects between nine and 10 per cent of Australia women. It's very painful, it's seriously debilitating, and at this time there is no cure, which is why I was really proud to be part of putting together the first-ever National Action Plan for Endometriosis in 2018. In our last budget, we committed a further $58 million to this, particularly around pelvic pain clinics, pelvic pain education and research, and management and care for those people suffering from endometriosis.

So I'm encouraging others to do the same by holding an EndoMarch event to shine the spotlight on this very, very challenging condition, one that threatens the lives and livelihoods of so many women around Australia. Yes, we do want to see a great improvement in their quality of life. We want to get to the point where there is a cure, which is what the research is all about, and we want to see a great improvement in the absolute day-to-day lives of these women and girls who are living with what is a terribly debilitating condition and disease: endometriosis. Please join the cause.