The pill, IUD and implant are all available in Australia but GPs are over-prescribing one, expert says FriFriday 18 updated FriFriday 18 DecDecember 2020 at 11:24pm Hannah Jones was recommended the pill by her doctor but it wasn't the right option for her. ( Share Print text only Cancel Like the vast majority of Australian women, Hannah Jones was recommended the pill when she first asked her GP about contraception. Key points: Doctors urged to re-think the 'one-shoe-fits-all' approach to contraception IUDs are more than 99 per cent effective compared to the pill's 93 per cent Just 11 per cent of scripts for contraception were for IUDs