If you need support to escape domestic violence:

DV Connect (24 hours, 7 days a week)
Men phone 1800 600 636
Women phone 1800 811 811
www.dvconnect.org.au.

For free legal help:

Legal Aid Queensland
Phone 1300 65 11 88
www.legalaid.qld.gov.au

Community Legal Centres
Phone 07 3392 0092
www.qails.org.au

Or look under “Community Legal Centres” in your local phone book.

For free help with domestic violence and migration issues

Refugee and Immigration Legal Service (RAILS)
Phone (07) 38463189
www.rails.org.au

If you need an interpreter to help you contact a service phone TIS 131 450

Activity sheets for this story:

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