Before you fly — Weeks before departure
Lifeline
24/7 crisis support and suicide prevention by phone, text and web chat.
Lifeline
lifeline.org.au
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24/7 crisis support and suicide prevention by phone, text and web chat.
13 11 14Open to anyone in Australia, 24 hours a day. A lot of new arrivals hit a flat, homesick patch around month three and do not tell anyone.
SourceLifeline
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Usually done around the same time
- Triple Zero — 000 The single emergency number for police, fire and ambulance.
- healthdirect Free 24/7 health advice line answered by registered nurses, plus a symptom checker and a service finder.
- Poisons Information Centre National 24/7 advice line for anything swallowed, inhaled, splashed or injected that should not have been.