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
Since 1996, the proportion of secondary students surveyed reporting ever having severe sunburn that has blistered has significantly declined (p for trend <0.0001).
In 2017, females (25.1%) were no more likely than males (20.4%) to report ever having severe sunburn (p=0.256).