In a life threatening emergency dial Triple Zero (000)
Mental Health
Call Mental Health Triage on
1800 629 354
(free call except from mobiles or public phones) or
6205 1065
Poisons Hotline
For a poison emergency in Australia call
131126
Drug and Alcohol Help Line
The Drug and Alcohol Help Line is available 24-hours, 7 days a week on
5124 9977
Health Protection Service
For after hours urgent public health matters including environmental health, radiation safety, food poisoning and communicable disease management phone:
(02) 6205 1700
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ACT State Emergency Service
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).