Get help now
If you or someone else is in danger, call 000. You can ask for an interpreter on the call. It is free.
How to use an interpreter on a helpline: call TIS National on 131 450. Say the language you need. Then ask them to call the service for you, for example Lifeline on 13 11 14. The interpreter stays on the call.
Talk to someone now, any time
- Lifeline: 13 11 14, 24 hours. Text 0477 13 11 14 or chat online at lifeline.org.au.
- 13YARN: 13 92 76, 24 hours, for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.
- Suicide Call Back Service: 1300 659 467, 24 hours.
- Beyond Blue: 1300 22 4636, 24 hours.
- Kids Helpline: 1800 55 1800, 24 hours, for young people aged 5 to 25.
- 1800RESPECT: 1800 737 732, 24 hours, for family, domestic and sexual violence.
- QLife: 1800 184 527, for LGBTIQA+ people.
Your state’s mental health line
- New South Wales: NSW Mental Health Line, 1800 011 511 (24 hours). Help in your language: Transcultural Mental Health Line, 1800 648 911 (weekdays).
- Victoria: SuicideLine Victoria, 1300 651 251 (24 hours). NURSE-ON-CALL, 1300 60 60 24.
- Queensland: 1300 MH CALL, 1300 642 255 (24 hours).
- South Australia: Mental Health Triage Service, 13 14 65 (24 hours).
- Western Australia: Mental Health Emergency Response Line, 1300 555 788 (Perth metro), 1800 676 822 (Peel). Rurallink, 1800 552 002.
- Tasmania: Access Mental Health, 1800 332 388 (24 hours).
- ACT: Access Mental Health, 1800 629 354 (24 hours).
- Northern Territory: NT Mental Health Line, 1800 682 288.