Helplines for parents
Child FIRST (Bayside Peninsula Child FIRST Family Solutions Partnership)1300 721 383
Helplines: Victoria
Parentline Victoria
132 289, 8 am - midnight 7 days
Maternal and Child Health Advisory Line
132 229, 24 hours 7 days
Helplines: Australia-wide
Child Care Access Hotline
1800 670 305, 133 677 (TTY service for people with a hearing/speech impairment), 8 am-6 pm Monday to Friday
Child Wise National Child Abuse Prevention Helpline
1800 991 099, 9 am-5 pm Monday to Friday
Family Relationship Advice Line
1800 050 321, 8 am-8 pm Monday to Friday, 10 am-4 pm Saturday
healthdirect
1800 022 222, 24 hours 7 days
Kids Helpline
1800 551 800, 24 hours 7 days
Lifeline
131 114, 24 hours 7 days
Medicare Public Enquiries Line
132 011, 24 hours 7 days
Mensline Australia (support and referral to specialist men’s services)
1300 789 978, 24 hours 7 days
National Breastfeeding Helpline
1800 MUM 2 MUM (or 1800 686 268), 24 hours 7 days
National Poisons Information Centre
131 126, 24 hours 7 days
PANDA's (Perinatal (during pregnancy and after birth), Anxiety and Depression) National Helpline
1300 726 306
Playgroup Australia
1800 171 882, 9 am-3 pm Monday to Friday
Pregnancy, Birth and Baby
1800 882 436, 24 hours 7 days
Sane Australia Mental Health Helpline
1800 187 263, 9 am-5 pm Monday to Friday
1800 RESPECT (National Sexual Assault, Domestic and Family Violence Counselling Service)
1800 737 732, 24 hours 7 days