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  1. Get emergency help if there is immediate danger

    Call 000 for an emergency. This website cannot respond to emergencies. Use a safer device if yours may be monitored.

    Read the guide: Help with safety and family violence
  2. Contact a specialist safely

    1800RESPECT can help with family violence and safe next steps. Calls, messages and browsing may leave records; use the safe-contact guidance that fits your device.

    Read the guide: Safer browsing and private support
  3. Ask for housing or practical help

    Contact the state homelessness intake or a family-violence service about safe accommodation. Ask local emergency-relief services about food and essential costs. Availability changes.

    Read the guide: Housing, renting and moving
  4. Ask promptly about qualifying crisis support

    Crisis Payment has specific circumstances, income-support eligibility and short claim steps. It is not automatic because a relationship ended. Ask Services Australia about your situation promptly.

    Read the guide: Money, bills and debt help
  5. Seek health or crisis support

    Use emergency services for an emergency, or ask an appropriate health or crisis service about urgent support. The Find help page has verified national contact routes.

    Read the guide: Health, Medicare and dental care

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Wording reviewed 5 October 2026. Numerical rules have separate verification dates on Sources and updates.