In a life threatening emergency dial Triple Zero (000)
Mental Health
Call Mental Health Triage on
1800 629 354
(free call except from mobiles or public phones) 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 5124 9700
healthdirect
ACT State Emergency Service
Emergency help
during flood or storms
Please note that in 2015, questions relating to screen time were combined, ie children were asked their combined TV/computer time where previously the questions were separate. Therefore any apparent decrease in screen time in 2015 onwards must be interpreted with caution as it may be due to changes in the survey instrument rather than an actual decrease.