How To Have Consent, Condom & Contraception Conversations

The decisions young people make about their sexual health can have a profound impact on their lives.

That’s why talking about safer sex is important. When we’re talking about safer sex, we’re talking about the 4C’s: condoms, contraception, consent and communication.

Unsure how to initiate the conversation? We’ve got you covered! This month’s blog post explores the protection and contraception methods plus find free resources, tools and guides from Play Safe Pro and Teach Us Consent in this e-newsletter.

Stay up to date with what young people are saying and get your free ticket for On The Couch live vodcast episode recording with Professor Jennifer Power releasing the latest findings from the Australian Secondary Schools Survey

Check out our book recommendation Talk Soon Talk Often and while you’re on our website head over to our free resource shop which is recently stocked up with external and internal condoms, oral dams and lube. Available for services in the Illawarra and Shoalhaven regions.

Dive into our e-newsletter and give young people the knowledge they need to make informed decisions and feel empowered to take charge of their sexual health.

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Peace, Love & Protection

Play Safe Pro is a NSW Health initiative providing sexual health resources for professionals who are working with and supporting young people.

Find free condoms, educational tools, games, posters, factsheets plus online and in-person training to help improve your knowledge and gain your confidence when speaking about sexual health with young people.

Ready to lead safe, supportive sexual health conversations?

Play Safe Pro gives you the tools and answers you need to help you start the conversation around safer sex, STI testing, consent and healthy relationships.

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Resource for speaking to young people about contraception

Play Safe Pro developed a factsheet providing key messages, myth-busting facts, and practical tips to support informed, inclusive, and stigma free conversations about contraception with young people.

Download the factsheet here

Resources for consent conversations with young people

Teach Us Consent work to equip young people with the tools to dismantle rape culture and create a world free from sexual violence and where empathy, respect and affirmative consent are the norm.

Find podcasts, docos, articles, printable resources, translated content and everything you need to get confident with consent, sex and relationship conversations.

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Australian Secondary Schools Survey 2026 Release

Join Winnie online as she hosts Professor Jennifer Power (she/her), lead Investigator of Australian Secondary Students and Sexual Health Study (SSASH) and Associate Professor at the Australian Research Centre in Sex, Health and Society.

SSASH is Australia’s most comprehensive national snapshot of young people’s sexual health, relationships and wellbeing. For more than three decades, SSASH has shaped how we understand and respond to young people’s sexual health, making this an impactful conversation you won’t want to miss.

Be part of the live online audience 11am (AEST) on Wednesday 15th April and hear Jennifer share the latest findings from SSASH and unpack what the data reveals about current gaps, emerging trends and opportunities for change

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Understanding the difference between protection and contraception and knowing available options supports conversations with young people about safe sex

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WHAT WE’RE READING

For parents, carers or anyone working with young people navigating topics like sex, sexuality, STIs, relationships, consent, porn, pregnancy and contraception

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For organisations and services in the Illawarra and Shoalhaven region

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The Condom Protocol

Making condoms available to young people at your service is one of the easiest and most effective things you can do to protect their health.

Play Safe Pro have developed a complete how-to guide for making condoms part of your service, legally, safely and confidently.

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We pay our deepest respects to Elders past and present, and emerging, to families, communities and Survivors, and to those that never made it home. As we share in our knowledge, teachings and our learnings, may we also pay respect to the knowledge embedded forever within the Aboriginal Custodianship of Country.