The Law Handbook 2024

Chapter 4.4: Family violence 307 Tel: 1800 319 354 Email: iga@orangedoor.vic.gov.au Loddon 57 View Street, Bendigo Vic 3552 486 High Street, Echuca Vic 3564 75 Clarendon Street (entrance via Florence Lane), Maryborough Vic 3465 Tel: 1800 512 359 Email: loddon@orangedoor.vic.gov.au Mallee 113 Madden Avenue, Mildura Vic 3500 14–18 McCallum Street, Swan Hill Vic 3585 Tel: 1800 290 943 Email: mallee@orangedoor.vic.gov.au North-eastern Melbourne Rear Quest Pacific Epping, Level 1, corner of Miller and Cooper Streets, Epping Vic 3076 56 Burgundy Street, Heidelberg Vic 3084 Tel: 1800 319 355 Email: nema@orangedoor.vic.gov.au Outer-eastern Melbourne 4–16 Devon Street, Croydon Vic 3136 Tel: 1800 271 150 Email: oema@orangedoor.vic.gov.au Outer Gippsland 148–150 Main Street, Bairnsdale Vic 3875 104–108 Raymond Street, Sale Vic 3850 Tel: 1800 512 358 Email: oga@orangedoor.vic.gov.au Ovens Murray 60 Reid Street, Wangaratta Vic 3677 27/29 Stanley Street, Wodonga Vic 3690 Tel: 1800 271 157 Email: oma@orangedoor.vic.gov.au Southern Melbourne 156 Sladen Street, Cranbourne Vic 3977 311 Lonsdale Street, Dandenong Vic 3175 48 John Street, Pakenham Vic 3810 Tel: 1800 271 170 Email: sma@orangedoor.vic.gov.au South-west 571–575 Raglan Parade, Warrnambool Vic 3280 Tel: 1800 271 180 Email: southwest@orangedoor.vic.gov.au Wimmera 3–7 Madden Street, Horsham Vic 3400 Tel: 1800 271 042 Email: wimmera@orangedoor.vic.gov.au Western Melbourne 15–17 Watton Street, Werribee Vic 3030 Tel: 1800 271 045 wma@orangedoor.vic.gov.au Victims of Crime Assistance Tribunal (VOCAT) VOCAT’s principal registry: 233 William Street, Melbourne Vic 3000 Tel: 1800 882 752 Email: admin@vocat.vic.gov.au Web: www.vocat.vic.gov.au VOCAT operates from every metropolitan and country Magistrates’ Court in Victoria. Victims of Crime Helpline Tel: 1800 819 817 or text: 0427 767 891 (8am to 11pm, 7 days a week) Email: vsa@justice.vic.gov.au Web: www.victimsofcrime.vic.gov.au Victoria Legal Aid Tel (legal help phone line): 1300 792 387 (8am to 6pm, Monday to Friday) Web: www.legalaid.vic.gov.au Victorian Government Department of Families, Fairness and Housing (DFFH) – Child Protection Tel (general enquiries): 1300 475 170 Tel (after hours crisis line): 13 12 78 (Monday to Friday: 5pm to 9am; weekends and public holidays: 24 hours) Web: www.services.dffh.vic.gov.au/families-and-children WIRE: Women’s Information Level 1, Donkey Wheel House Building, 673 Bourke Street, Melbourne Vic 3000 Tel: 1300 134 130 Email: support@wire.org.au Web: www.wire.org.au WIRE is a state-wide, free and confidential information and referral service for women, non-binary and gender-diverse people. WithRespect Tel: 1800 LGBTIQ; 1800 542 847 Web: www.withrespect.org.au This is a free telephone counselling and family violence support service for the LGBTIQA+ community. Women’s Legal Service Victoria Level 10, 277 William Street, Melbourne Vic 3000 Tel: 8622 0600; 1800 133 302 (country callers) Email: admin@womenslegal.org.au Web: www.womenslegal.org.au Advice and legal services for women only.