Sexual Assault support Services

Please see a list of services in Australian states and territories that work with young people who have been sexually assaulted:

National:

Contact the National Sexual Assault, Domestic Family Violence Counselling Service on 1800RESPECT or 1800 737 732.

Australian Capital Territory:

Contact the Canberra Rape Crisis Centre or phone the crisis line on (02) 6247 2525 between 7 am and 11 pm, seven days a week.

New South Wales: 

Contact Rape & Domestic Violence Services Australia or phone the NSW Rape Crisis line on 1800 424 017, 24/7.

Northern Territory:

Contact an NT sexual assault referral centre or phone:

  • (08) 8922 6472 (Darwin, 24/7)

  • (08) 8973 8524 (Katherine)

  • (08) 8962 4361 (Tennant Creek)

  • (08) 8955 4500 (Alice Springs, Monday-Friday, 8 am-4.20 pm)

  • 0401 114 181 (Alice Springs, out of hours).

Queensland:

Contact Queensland sexual assault services or phone the State-wide Sexual Assault Helpline on 1800 010 120.

South Australia:

ontact Yarrow Place (Rape and Sexual Assault Service) or phone 1800 817 421 – toll-free in South Australia, 24/7.

Tasmania:

In southern Tasmania, contact Sexual Assault Support Service or phone 1800 697 877 – 24/7.

In north and north-west Tasmania, contact Laurel House – North and North-West Tasmania Sexual Assault Support Services:

• North: (03) 6334 2740 – 8.30 am-5 pm, Monday-Friday

• North-west: (03) 6431 9711 – 9 am-5 pm, Monday-Friday

• North and north-west after-hours crisis line: 1800 697 877.

Victoria:

Contact the Victorian Centres Against Sexual Assault or phone the 24/7 on 1800 806 292.

Western Australia:

Contact the WA Sexual Assault Resource Centre or phone:

  • (08) 6458 1828 (24/7 emergency service)

  • 1800 199 888 (free call, 24-hour emergency service).



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