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, about half (47.9%) of secondary students surveyed who had ever had an alcoholic drink reported that they never intended to get drunk. More older 'ever drinkers' (27.4%) than younger 'ever drinkers' (7.5%) reported an intention to get drunk on most or every occasion (p=0.0004).