Useful Links

Beyondblue – 1300 224 636
Support for people with depression and anxiety.

Dads in Distress – 1300 853 437
Offers peer support that aims to provide help and hope for separated dads and their families.

Gamblers Helpline – 1800 858 858
Offer help to anyone affected by a gambling concern.

Kids Helpline – 1800 551 800
Private and confidential, telephone and online counselling service specifically for young people aged between 5 and 25.

Lifeline – 131114
Provide 24/7 crisis support and suicide prevention services.

Mensline – 1300 789 978
Mensline Australia is a dedicated service for men with relationship and family concerns. It is confidential and anonymous. It operates Australia-wide using trained professionals, and is available to all men.

Mental Health Advice Line – 1300 280 737
The Mental Health Advice Line provides immediate mental health advice from a registered mental health professional. Provides fast access to clear expert advice, referral and information about all mental health issues.

Parentline – 132289
Parentline provides a statewide telephone counselling service to parents and carers of children aged from birth to eighteen years.

Quitline – 137848
Quitline provides telephone support and coaching service to assist you in quitting smoking successfully. Quitline can also offer advice on the range of quitting products available including how to use them and how well they work.

SANDS – 1300 072 637
Provide support, information and education to bereaved parents, their families and Healthcare Professionals.

SANE Mental Illness Helpline – 1800 187 263
Provides support for Australians affected by mental illness lead a better life.

Red Nose – 1300 308 307
Provides bereavement support for individuals and families who experience the death of their baby during pregnancy, birth, infancy and childhood. This includes miscarriage, stillbirth, neonatal death, sudden infant death (SIDS) and the sudden and unexpected death of a child up to 6 years of age.

Suicideline – 1300 651 251
SuicideLine is a 24/7 telephone counselling service offering professional support to people at risk of suicide, people concerned about someone else’s risk of suicide, and people bereaved by suicide.

The Eating Disorders Helpline – 1300 550 236
Provides a source of support, information, community education and advocacy for people with eating disorders.  Provides clinical and non-clinical support services through a blend of qualified professionals and lived experience of employees and volunteers.

Tough Love – 1300 856 830
A self help program for parents, kids and communities struggling with unacceptable adolescent behaviour.

Victims of Crime – 1800 819 817
Provides advice on reporting crime, services available, information on rights, court processes and help applying for compensation and financial assistance.