Sexual assault support services available in Australia
selected services from
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National sexual assault support
1800 RESPECT
Provides confidential sexual assault and family and domestic violence counselling via phone and webchat. Available 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
Phone: 1800 737 732
Blue Knot Foundation
Provides phone and email-based support for adult survivors of childhood trauma and abuse, as well as for their supporters and the professionals who work with them. Available 9 am to 5 pm, seven days a week.
Phone: 1300 657 380
Bravehearts
The Bravehearts information and support line can be accessed by anyone wanting information or support relating to child sexual assault. Available 8.30 am to 4.30 pm, Monday to Friday.
Phone: 1800 272 831
Living Well
The Living Well app is specifically designed to assist men who have been sexually abused in childhood. They also provide face-to-face counselling in South East Queensland, as well as national phone and web-based counselling.
New South Wales
NSW Rape Crisis Counselling Service
24/7 telephone and online trauma counselling for anyone in NSW whose life has been impacted by sexual violence.
Phone: 1800 424 017
NSW Health Sexual Assault Services
Directory of support services in New South Wales from the state government’s Prevention and Response to Violence Abuse and Neglect service.
Australian Capital Territory
Canberra Rape Crisis Centre (CRCC)
Face-to-face support services for survivors of sexual abuse, assault or harassment. There is also crisis phone support available from 7 am to 11 pm, seven days a week.
Phone: (02) 6247 2525
Service Assisting Male Survivors of Sexual Assault (SAMSSA)
The Canberra Rape Crisis Centre’s specialised service for men over the age of 16 who have experienced sexual abuse, assault or harassment. Both face-to-face and phone counselling are available, with crisis phone support available from 7 am to 11 pm, seven days a week.
Phone: (02) 6247 2525
Northern Territory
Domestic Violence Crisis Line
Phone-based support for anyone in the Northern Territory. Available 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
Phone: 1800 019 116
Sexual Assault Referral Centre (Darwin)
A centre based in Casuarina that provides both phone and face-to-face support and counselling services. Phone support is available 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
Phone: (08) 8922 6472
Queensland
Sexual Assault Helpline
Provides phone-based support and counselling to any Queenslander who has, or thinks they may have, been sexually assaulted or abused. The service is available from 7.30 am to 11.30 pm, seven days a week.
Phone: 1800 010 120
Sexual Assault Services
A directory of local support services throughout Queensland from Queensland Health.
South Australia
Yarrow Place
The lead public health agency responding to adult rape and sexual assault in South Australia. Yarrow Place provides many services, including a 24/7 crisis response service, professional counselling, and support groups.
Phone: (08) 8226 8777 from 9 am to 5 pm on weekdays, (08) 8226 8787 for a 24/7 hotline for survivors of a recent sexual assault, or 1800 817 421 toll-free.
South Australia’s Victim Support Service
A not-for-profit organisation that provides support to people affected by crime and family/domestic abuse. Their services include face-to-face and phone-based counselling.
Phone: 1800 182 368
Tasmania
Sexual Assault Support Service (SASS)
SASS is a free and confidential support service for southern Tasmanian people of all ages who have been affected by any form of sexual violence. They also provide Redress Scheme Support Services across Tasmania.
24 hour crisis support: 1800 697 877
All other enquiries: (03) 6231 0044
Victoria
Sexual Assault Crisis Line
A free, statewide, after-hours service for people in Victoria who have experienced sexual violence. The crisis line operates from 5 pm on weeknights to 9 am the next day, and during the same hours on weekends and public holidays.
Phone: 1800 806 292
Centres Against Sexual Assault (CASA)
The peak body for the 15 Centres Against Sexual Assault in Victoria and the Victorian Sexual Assault Crisis Line. Use this map to find your nearest centre, or call their toll-free number to be connected with your nearest centre or for after-hours support.
Phone: 1800 806 292
Victorian Women’s Health Services
Provides face-to-face, phone and web-based support services for women in Victoria.
Phone: (03) 9664 9300
Western Australia
Sexual Assault Resource Centre (SARC)
Provides services to people over the age of 13 affected by sexual violence, including emergency services and counselling. You can phone them 24 hours a day, seven days a week. If you have been assaulted in the past two weeks, phone between 8.30 am and 11 pm any day of the week to speak to a crisis counsellor or to request a counselling appointment.
Phone: (08) 6458 1828