Contacts
Contacts
For information and advice, or counselling, support, advocacy, legal and medical services in relation to a sexual assault, contact the following services.
Centres Against Sexual Assault (CASAs)
Tel (crisis line): 1800 806 292 (24/7) Web: www.casa.org.au
There are CASAs throughout metropolitan and regional Victoria; see the CASA website for their addresses.
Court Network
Tel: 8306 6966
Email: admin@courtnetwork.com.au Web: www.courtnetwork.com.au
Available Monday to Friday between 9am and 4pm
Djirra
Tel: 1800 105 303
Email: info@djirra.org.au Web: www.djirra.org.au
Practical support for Aboriginal women and those who are currently experiencing family violence or have in the past. There are Djirra offices throughout Victoria; see Djirra’s website for the addresses.
Elizabeth Morgan House Aboriginal Women’s Service
Tel: 9403 9400
Email: info@emhaws.org.au Web: www.emhaws.org.au
Melbourne Sexual Health Centre
580 Swanston Street, Carlton Vic 3053
Tel: 9341 6200; 1800 032 017 (country callers) Web: www.mshc.org.au
Monday to Friday, 8.30am to 5pm
Office of Public Prosecutions Victoria (OPP) Victim and Witness Assistance Service
Tel: 9603 7425
Email: wasadmin@opp.vic.gov.au (Victims and Witness Assistance Service)
Web: www.opp.vic.gov.au/victims-witnesses/how-we-can- support-you/
Victims of Crime Assistance Tribunal (VOCAT)
William Cooper Justice Centre,
Level 5, 233 William Street, Melbourne Vic 3000
Tel: 9651 7177; 1800 882 752
Email: admin@vocat.vic.gov.au Web: www.vocat.vic.gov.au
VOCAT’s Koori List Registrar
Tel: 9651 7178
Email: koori@vocat.vic.gov.au
Victims of Crime Helpline
Tel: 1800 819 817; text: 0427 767 891 (8 am to 11 pm,
7 days a week)
Email: vsa@justice.vic.gov.au
Web: www.victimsofcrime.vic.gov.au
Victims Legal Service
Tel: 1800 531 566 (9 am to 5 pm, Monday to Friday). Service providers listed on website.
Web: victimsofcrime.vic.gov.au/victims-legal-service
Victoria Police – Sexual Offences and Child Abuse Investigation Teams (SOCIT)
Web: www.police.vic.gov.au/reporting-sexual-offences- child-abuse
If you wish to report historical sexual abuse involving institutional or religious organisations, contact the SANO Taskforce on email sanotaskforce@police.vic.gov.au or call 1800 110 007. Sano Taskforce is based in Melbourne but operates state-wide.
