Get support

In an emergency always dial 000.

Please view our disclaimer here before contacting any of these external organisations.

To report sexual violence please contact your local police. In NSW, you can find your local police station here. You can also use the NSW Police online Sexual Assault Reporting Option to report. You can choose to stay anonymous using this option. Submit your report here.

If you don’t speak English, you can use:

• Translating and Interpreting Service (TIS National): Provides immediate interpreting services. Call 131 450.

For those who are new to Australia, or refugees, asylum seekers or people holding temporary visas, support is available from:

• The Asylum Seekers Centre. Call (02) 9078 1900.

• The NSW Service for the Treatment and Rehabilitation of Torture and Trauma Survivors – STARTTS. Call (02) 9646 6700.

• Settlement Services International – SSI. Call (02) 8799 6700.

Support for Victim-survivors of sexual violence:

• 1800RESPECT: National sexual assault, domestic and family violence counselling service. Call 1800 737 732.
• 
Victims Services NSW. Call 1800 633 063.

General support:

• Kids Helpline (children and young people can call for any reason, any time) Call 1800 55 1800 or kidshelpline.com.au 
• Lifeline (crisis support and suicide prevention) Call 13 11 14 or lifeline.org.au

Child protection reporting organisations:

If you wish to report risk of or actual harm to a child please do so by contacting the relevant Government department in your state as below: 

• New South Wales – 132 111 
• South Australia – 131 478 
• Northern Territory – 1800 700 250 
• Australian Capital Territory – 1300 556 729 
• Tasmania – 1800 000 123 
• Western Australia – 1800 273 889 
• Victoria – 13 12 78 (for after-hours reporting, or visit the Victoria State Government reporting child abuse page for your local reporting line)