Urgent support
If you need help now
If you or someone else is in immediate danger, call your local emergency number first. Below are crisis and domestic-violence lines you can reach right away — most are free and available 24/7.
If you or someone else is in immediate danger, call your local emergency number first. Below are crisis and domestic-violence lines you can reach right away — most are free and available 24/7.
Outside Australia, dial your local emergency number — e.g. 911 (US/Canada), 999 (UK), 112 (EU & many countries), 111 (NZ).
National domestic, family & sexual violence counselling — free, confidential, 24/7.
1800respect.org.au ↗ · text 0458 737 732
Statewide homelessness information, assessment & referral line, 24/7.
Victoria's 24/7 family-violence crisis response and refuge referral.
24/7 crisis support and suicide prevention for anyone in distress.
Free, anonymous search for nearby housing, meals, money help and family-violence services.
24/7 confidential support in 200+ languages.
thehotline.org ↗ · text START to 88788
Run by Refuge — free, 24-hour support for women.
24/7 line for young people facing homelessness.