Legal Help

Phone lines open 9.00am – 4.30pm on weekdays.

First Nations Women’s Legal Program

Phone lines open 9.00am – 4.30pm on weekdays.

General Enquiries

We cannot help with legal advice through general enquiries.

Media Enquiries

Need an interpreter or accessible phone support?

Interpreter Services

If you need an interpreter, contact the Telephone Interpreter Service (TIS).

Call: 131 450

Ask them to call Women’s Legal Service NSW on 02 8745 6900

National Relay Service

If you are d/Deaf, hard of hearing, or have a speech impairment.

  • TTY users: 133 677
  • Speak and Listen (speech-to-speech relay): 1300 555 727
  • Internet relay users: Visit the National Relay Service website

Ask them to call Women’s Legal Service NSW on 02 8745 6988

Our solicitors will listen to you and give you advice on your situation. You don’t need legal words to ask for help. If something feels wrong, we’re here.

Our team supports women with problems related to:

  • family and domestic violence
  • sexual assault
  • financial abuse
  • employment issues
  • discrimination,
  • sexual harassment
  • children
  • getting support 
  • abuse in institutions like prisons, detention, or care, even if it happened in the past.

What you tell us is confidential. We will not share your personal information. Solicitors are NOT mandatory reporters.

Call us between 9.00am – 4.30pm on weekdays.

Immediate help and crisis support

If you are in immediate danger, call 000.

If you need support right now, the services listed here are available 24 hours a day.

24/7 crisis helplines

Lifeline

Suicide crisis support
Call: 13 11 14
Website: www.lifeline.org.au/
Online chat and text options available

24/7 Suicide crisis support for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, run by First
Nations people

Phone: 13 92 76
Website: www.13yarn.org.au/

Professional counselling and follow-up support

Phone: 1300 659 467
Website: www.suicidecallbackservice.org.au/
Includes call-back within 72 hours and up to six counselling sessions

Mental health information, advice and referral to local services. Run by NSW Health.
Phone: 1800 011 511

Safety planning app run by Lifeline
More information and link to download

Online social and emotional wellbeing resources for Aboriginal and Torres Strait
Islander people
Website: wellmob.org.au/

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