Sam Lim (Tangney, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

Women are strong, resilient and patient and often endure pain in silence. Endometriosis is this pain often endured in silence. It is something that affects one in nine Australian women. The experience that each woman faces is different and unique but no less traumatic to the individual who endures this pain. These are women that I know, love and care for—women like my sister, Cindy. She suffered for 20 years and endured several very painful surgeries. It had such a big impact on her life. I cannot even begin to know her struggle, but it is why I wholeheartedly support women in their access to the services that improve their health and wellbeing. Our government would deliver an endometriosis and pelvic pain clinic in my electorate of Tangney. This is so significant to so many women.

Women in my electorate and beyond can now visit The Garden Family Medical Clinic in Murdoch. as it will receive more than $700,000 in funding over the next four years. This will reduce diagnostic delay, promote early access to care and treatment, and raise awareness of endometriosis and pelvic pain. I'm so thankful that our government has made this happen.