The Law Handbook 2024

802 Section 8: Disability, mental illness and the law Office of the Public Advocate (OPA) Level 1, 204 Lygon Street, Carlton Vic 3053 Tel: 1300 309 337 Email: opa_advice@justice.vic.gov.au Web: www.publicadvocate.vic.gov.au Self Advocacy Resource Unit (SARU) Ross House, 247 Flinders Lane, Melbourne Vic 3000 Tel: 9639 6856 Email: saru@rosshouse.org.au Web: www.daru.org.au/organisation/self-advocacy- resource-unit Victorian Disability Services Commissioner Level 30, 570 Bourke Street, Melbourne Vic 3000 Tel (general enquiries): 1300 728 187 Tel (complaints hotline): 1800 677 342 Email: contact@odsc.vic.gov.au Web: www.odsc.vic.gov.au Victorian Health Complaints Commissioner Level 26, 570 Bourke Street, Melbourne Vic 3000 Tel: 1300 582 113 Web: https://hcc.vic.gov.au Victorian Mental Health and Wellbeing Commission Level 26, 570 Bourke Street, Melbourne Vic 3000 Tel: 1800 246 054 Email: help@mhwc.vic.gov.au Web: www.mhwc.vic.gov.au Villamanta Disability Rights Legal Service 244 Latrobe Terrace, Geelong West Vic 3218 Tel: 1800 014 111 (Monday to Friday, 10 am to 4pm) Web: https://villamanta.org.au For other relevant organisations, see ‘Contacts’ at the end of Chapter 8.1: Understanding disability and the law.