Call Mental Health Triage on
1800 629 354
(free call except from mobiles or public phones) or
6205 1065
For a poison emergency in Australia call
131126
The Drug and Alcohol Help Line is available 24-hours, 7 days a week on
5124 9977
For after hours urgent public health matters including environmental health, radiation safety, food poisoning and communicable disease management phone:
(02) 5124 9700
Emergency help
during flood or storms
In 2017, 41.1% of secondary students surveyed reported having consumed alcohol in the year preceding the survey. Alcohol use becomes more common with increasing age (p for trend <0.0001), with 81.7% of 17 year-olds having consumed alcohol in the year preceding the survey compared to 34.8% of 12-year-olds. Males (42.8%) were no more likely than females (39.3%) to have consumed alcohol in the past year (p=0.732).