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Family and domestic violence specialist services

Find help for migrants, Indigenous Australians, LGBTIQ+, older Australians and people with disability.

You can use any of the national or state and territory support services if you’re experiencing family and domestic violence. If you prefer, you can talk to a specialist service for:

  • visitors, migrants and refugees
  • Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people
  • LGBTIQ+
  • elderly people
  • people with disability.

Support for visitors, migrants and refugees

If you would prefer to talk to a service for migrants and refugees, there are services available in your state or territory.

State or territory Service
ACT Migrant and Refugee Settlement Services in ACT
NSW Immigrant Women’s Speakout Association in NSW
NT Multicultural Services in NT
Qld Immigrant Women’s Support Service in QLD
SA Women’s Safety Services SA – Migrant Women’s Support Program
Tas Settlement and Youth Service – Migrant Resource Centre Tasmania
Vic In Touch Multicultural Centre Against Family Violence in Vic
WA Multicultural Women’s Advocacy and Support in WA

Support for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people

If you would prefer to talk to a service for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, you can call 13YARN. You can speak to a trained crisis supporter over the phone, any time of the day or night.

You can also contact services in your state or territory.

State or territory Service
ACT Domestic Violence Crisis Service in ACT
NSW Domestic, family and sexual violence services in NSW
NT Domestic, family and sexual violence services in NT
Qld Queensland Indigenous Family Violence Legal Service
SA Help in crisis situations in SA
Tas SiS Tasmania
Vic

Victorian Aboriginal Child and Community Agency

Djirra's Aboriginal Family Violence Legal Service in Vic
WA Aboriginal Family Legal Services in WA

Support for LGBTIQ+

If you would prefer to talk to a service for LGBTIQ+ people, there are services available.

Support for older Australians

If you would prefer to talk to a specialist service for older Australians, there are services available.

Support for people with disability

If you would prefer to talk to a specialist service for people with disability, there are services available.
Page last updated: 7 August 2026