Emergency support

If your life is in danger call emergency services:

• Emergency Australia – 000

• Emergency New Zealand – 111

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Counselling (24/7)

If you need support call one of the following numbers

• Lifeline Australia | 13 11 14

• Lifeline New Zealand | 0800 543 354

• Kids Helpline | 1800 55 1800

• MensLine Australia | 1300 78 99 78

• Suicide Call Back Service | 1300 659 467

• Beyond Blue | 1300 22 4636

• Open Arms – Veterans & Families Counselling | 1800 011 046

• Qlife – anonymous and free LGBTI peer support | 1800 184 527 (3PM-Midnight every day)

• The National Indigenous Postvention Service – After Suicide Support 24/7 | 1800 805 801

• Brother to brother 24-hour crisis line | 1800 435 799

 

Counselling for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People

A free and confidential service run by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People

• 13Yarn | 13 92 76

 

Counselling for eating disorders

If you need support for an eating disorder, or as a carer of someone with an eating disorder, please call the below number

• The Butterfly Foundation | 1800 33 4673

 

If you don’t feel like you can call any of the above services, you can also:

• talk to someone you trust

• contact your GP, a counsellor, psychologist or psychiatrist

• visit a hospital emergency department