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A cervical cancer testing overhaul is coming to Australia that will allow more women to privately administer their own less invasive procedure.

From Friday women aged 25 to 74 will be able to take a self-administered test in private at a GP clinic, using a swab similar to those used in COVID-19 PCR tests.

Doctors will then send the swabs to a lab for analysis.

The move is part of a federal government campaign to prevent cervical cancer with regular screening.

"Anyone who has ever had a traditional 'pap smear' knows how uncomfortable and off-putting they can be," assistant health minister Ged Kearney said in a statement.

Ms Kearney described the do-it-yourself test as a "game-changer" that would break down a barrier to health care access.

"It will mean that women who have experienced sexual violence do not have to have the invasive test, but can still be effectively screened for cervical cancer," she said.

Previously, self-collection was only available to women 30 years or older, who had never undergone a cervical cancer screening test, or were more than two years overdue.

Marion Saville, executive director at the Australian Centre for the Prevention of Cervical Cancer, told AAP she hopes the broadening of eligibility means screening will reach under-serviced people in the community.

"Currently our youngest people eligible for screening, those 25 to 29, and our oldest 70 to 74, are not screening at the rates we would like," Prof Saville said.

Studies have also shown self-collection is attractive to other under-screened communities, including Indigenous and Torres Strait Islander people, people from diverse cultural backgrounds and those at the lower end of the socio-economic spectrum.

"Cervical cancer is the one cancer that we've got figured out really," Prof Saville said.

The cancer is almost always caused by human papillomavirus (HPV), which Australia has been vaccinating against since 2008, she said.

"Most young people who were at school at that age got access to the vaccine, as did women up to the age of 26 at the time," she said.

"So we've got a highly vaccinated community."

While vaccination prevents about 70 per cent of cervical cancer, the vaccinated population still requires screening every five years.

People who test negative for HPV are considered safe for up to five years.

If HPV is detected, further investigation of its impact on the cervix is required to determine if pre cancerous cells exist.

"If there is a pre cancer, that can be treated by a specialist gynaecologist and thereby we prevent cancers," she said.

While Australia has low cervical cancer rates compared to world standards, Prof Saville noted seven out of 10 cases come from people who haven't ever been screened or are overdue.

Despite the strong screening and vaccination programs in Australia, serious inequities exist in Indigenous communities.

"Aboriginal women are more than two times as likely to get this cancer and almost four times as likely to die of it than other Australian women."

Other inequity issues may exist across the country.

"It's likely that the people who are under screened from other communities will have higher rates of cancer," Prof Saville said.

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Nick Kyrgios has been slapped with a $US10,000 ($A14,500) fine for ugly behaviour in his first-round match at Wimbledon when he spat towards a spectator.

The latest in several big-money fines this season for the Australian came, ironically, on Thursday after he'd been on his best behaviour while producing one of his finest Wimbledon performances to knock out No.28 seed Filip Krajinovic and roar into the third round.

Kyrgios, though, may have been leniently treated compared to the heavy fines he received in the US earlier in the year for meltdowns in both Indian Wells and Miami.

After an investigation, tournament officials imposed the punishment following Kyrgios's admission that he had spat towards a spectator and called a line judge a "snitch" during an explosive win over Briton Paul Jubb.

Kyrgios had pleaded mitigating circumstances, telling the chair umpire that he'd ignored his pleas for an abusive spectator to be ejected.

The fine, despite being at least twice as severe as any other handed out to players over misdemeanours early at this year's Wimbledon, didn't compare with those on the US swing when his behaviour at the two big ATP tournaments cost him $US60,000 ($A87,000).

Earlier on Thursday, Kyrgios had been perfectly behaved and perfectly brilliant - but evidently still felt the need to find someone to berate after morphing from the ridiculous to the sublime.

He'd never looked a more complete nor more focused a player on the lawns of SW19 than he did in the trouncing of Krajinovic - and didn't he want his critics to know it.

Kyrgios evidently felt this was a day when the sheer breathtaking brilliance of his tennis had quite muzzled his critics.

"I just wanted to prove to people that, like, I'm really good. I feel like I just don't have the respect sometimes," said this most complex of characters when he came to his press conference clearly armed with indignation at recent headlines.

"There was just nothing the media possibly could tell me I did wrong today. I just know that you can't possibly ask me anything and stir anything up.

"And I love it because then you can't write anything. What are you going to say? Nothing today. Dumbfounded all of you.

"It was just kind of a reminder to put you all back in your place.

"He (Krajinovic) made finals at Queen's, top 30 in the world, seeded. It's a gentle reminder ..."

He reckoned he wasn't bothered about any investigation into his behaviour, saying: "I just feel like I'm comfortable in my own skin. Some people, like, love to just tear me down. It's just not possible anymore.

"I couldn't care less if there is an investigation, to be brutally honest with you.

"I know what I bring to the sport. One of the most important people in the sport. Do you want to speak about that?

"Nothing to investigate there because it's just factual.

"So, yeah, I'm extremely confident in myself. All the challenges I've overcome in my life. Proud to be up here and doing it my own way.

"Being able to produce tennis like that at Wimbledon, it's a dream come true for any tennis player."

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He was perfectly behaved and perfectly brilliant - but Nick Kyrgios evidently still felt the need to find someone to berate after morphing from the ridiculous to the sublime at Wimbledon.

Kyrgios has probably never looked a more complete nor more focused player on the lawns of SW19 than he did in Thursday's straight-sets trouncing of the luckless Filip Krajinovic - and didn't he want his critics to know it.

Just two days after the ugly spittle-flecked, snitch-outing afternoon when he nearly tumbled out against Briton Paul Jubb, Kyrgios evidently felt this was a day when the sheer breathtaking brilliance of his tennis had quite muzzled his critics.

"I just wanted to prove to people that, like, I'm really good. I feel like I just don't have the respect sometimes, you know?" said this most complex of characters when he came to his press conference clearly armed with indignation at recent headlines.

"There was just nothing the media possibly could tell me I did wrong today. I just know that you can't possibly ask me anything and stir anything up.

"And I love it because then you can't write anything. What are you going to say? Nothing today. Dumbfounded all of you.

"It was just kind of a reminder to put you all back in your place."

"He (Krajinovic) made finals at Queen's, top 30 in the world, seeded. It's a gentle reminder ..."

It was actually a hefty reminder of his excellence as he suggested again that SW19 is his best chance of winning a grand slam - and he can't wait to tackle Stefanos Tsitsipas on Saturday in what seems certain to be on either of the two biggest show courts.

"I'm excited. I feel like we both earned the right. We're two of the biggest stars in the sport. Hopefully if we both bring our best tennis, it's going to be amazing to watch," said Kyrgios.

In the meantime, he was still awaiting the result of an investigation into his behaviour in Tuesday's match, with another hefty fine potentially on the cards to accompany the big sums he's also had to fork out after incidents at US tournaments this year.

But he promises he's not too concerned.

"I just feel like I'm comfortable in my own skin. Some people, like, love to just tear me down. It's just not possible anymore," he shrugged.

"I just want to give people who watch this press conference or watch my tennis to just believe in yourself, be yourself, don't be someone else up here either. Don't just say what you've been told to say.

"I couldn't care less if there is an investigation about me doing that, to be brutally honest with you.

"I know what I bring to the sport. One of the most important people in the sport. Do you want to speak about that?

"Nothing to investigate there because it's just factual.

"So, yeah, I'm extremely confident in myself. All the challenges I've overcome in my life. Proud to be up here and doing it my own way.

"Being able to produce tennis like that at Wimbledon, it's a dream come true for any tennis player."

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Th federal health minister is set to meet with his state and territory counterparts, after the government ordered a review into COVID-19 vaccine contracts.

Mark Butler will meet with other health ministers on Friday, where managing the coronavirus will be high on the agenda.

Ministers will talk about ways for more vulnerable people with COVID to get access to antiviral drugs.

Mr Butler said it was important to expand the use of the antivirals to help manage the pandemic.

"We'll be talking about ways in which (state and territory) communications with COVID-positive patients that happen as a matter of course, can draw the attention of vulnerable groups to the availability of these drugs," he told reporters in Canberra.

"There will also be consideration by the Pharmaceutical Benefits Advisory Committee in due course later next week about whether the existing eligibility criteria should remain or should be, in some way, relaxed."

It comes as the federal government announced it would hold a review into whether Australia's vaccine contracts were well-placed to handle emerging COVID-19 variants, which are more transmissible.

The review will be headed up by former health department head Jane Halton, who will examine the contracts for the COVID vaccine that were signed by the previous government.

Mr Butler said such a review was a matter of urgency to ensure the country had the best possible access to health measures.

"It's not about looking back and examining the rights and wrongs of the former government's approach to negotiating these contracts in the first place, it's about the now and the next 12 to 18 months," Mr Butler said.

"I'm absolutely determined to ensure that Australians have priority access to the best available vaccines and treatments from around the world."

The health minister said he wanted to have the review conducted in weeks and not months.

As new variants emerge during the Australian winter, Mr Butler said speed in the review would be critical.

"We need to make sure that we have the best information available to us sooner rather than later," he said.

"I'm also asking Ms Halton ... to cast forward and to provide us with some advice about likely developments in this area over the rest of 2022 and into 2023."

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