In a life threatening emergency dial Triple Zero (000)

Emergency Contact

In a life threatening emergency dial Triple Zero (000)

Triple zero 000

ACT Public Hospitals

Canberra Hospital

5124 0000

Calvary Hospital

6201 6111

Mental Health

Call Mental Health Triage on

1800 629 354

(free call except from mobiles or public contacts) or

6205 1065

Poisons Hotline

For a poison emergency in Australia call

13 11 26

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

healthdirect

24 hour health advice

1800 022 222

ACT State Emergency Service

Emergency help during flood or storms

13 25 00
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The ACT Government is committed to making information, services, events and venues as accessible as possible.

About web accessibility

Web accessibility ensures that people with disability can use websites and other tools, including.

Find out more about web accessibility on the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) website.

Our target is Web Content Accessibility Guidelines version 2.1 at the following levels:

We create all websites to work on a range of:

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We have made this site as accessible as we can. You might have a better experience if you change the settings on your computer to suit your needs.

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Non-English speakers

If you would like to speak to someone over the phone in another language, call Telephone Interpreter Service (TIS) on 131 450 for a free interpreting service. It operates 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

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If you are Deaf, can’t hear well and/or have difficulty using your voice and wish to use the teletypewriter service, please phone 13 36 77 and ask for 13 22 81.

For speak and read users, please phone 1300 555 727 and ask for 13 22 81. For more information go to the National Relay Service website.

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Meeting website accessibility standards is an ongoing process. Please contact us if you find anything on this site that is not accessible.

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Acknowledgement of Country

We acknowledge the Ngunnawal people as traditional custodians of the ACT and recognise any other people or families with connection to the lands of the ACT and region. We acknowledge and respect their continuing culture and the contribution they make to the life of this city and this region.