A Bloody Disgrace

 

For the past 17 years in Australia

We've loaded tampons with a tax

They've been classed as a 'luxury item'

(I don't even know what to say about that...)

 

How bloody unfair was this situation

When condoms and Viagra were tax-free

Women had no choice in getting periods

So why should they be slugged 'cause they're 'she'?

 

When the law was first drafted in Parliament

In Australia all of 17 years ago

You are right, it was men pushed it through

No women on board to say no

 

Times have now changed thankfully

More women in Parliament, more with say

Tampons they have now been made tax-free

With things much more fairer today

 

I've seen a tampon, know all about them

And I know about sanitary pads

They do the job what they're designed for

But luxurious? You've got to be mad

 

Don Matthews October 2018