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In an emergencyIf you or someone else is in immediate danger, call 000 now. For 24/7 crisis support call Lifeline on 13 11 14.
Emergency & Crisis Support

In an emergency

If you or someone else is in immediate danger, call 000 now. For 24/7 crisis support call Lifeline on 13 11 14.

Call 000

Emergency & Crisis Support

I think someone has swallowed something poisonous

Poisoning & urgent health

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Poisons Information Centre

Government serviceAustralia-wide

Advice on poisoning, overdose, medication errors, bites and stings. Free to call from anywhere in Australia. The Victorian centre is staffed weekdays and weekend daytime; outside those hours calls are diverted to the NSW Poisons Information Centre, so the line…

No public street address (24/7 national phone, Victorian service at Austin Health) - Victoria-wide

Triple Zero (000)

Government serviceAustralia-wide

Call for police, fire, or ambulance in any life-threatening or time-critical emergency. Free from any phone, with interpreters available once connected. 112 can be dialled on mobiles and connects to 000 (it does not give extra coverage or priority). 106 is a t…

000

TTY 106, mobiles also 112

No public street address (national 24/7 emergency line) - Australia-wide

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Directory last reviewed 7 September 2026.

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