Australian Health Practitioners Regulation Agency (AHPRA)
Victorian office:
Level 8, 111 Bourke Street, Melbourne Vic 3000
Tel: 1300 419 495
Web: www.ahpra.gov.au
Chief Psychiatrist
50 Lonsdale Street, Melbourne Vic 3000
Tel: 9096 7571
Email: ocp@dhhs.vic.gov.au
Web: www2.health.vic.gov.au/chiefpsychiatrist
Human Rights Law Centre
Level 17, 461 Bourke Street, Melbourne Vic 3000
Tel: 8636 4450
Email: admin@hrlc.org.au
Web: www.hrlc.org.au
Independent Mental Health Advocacy (IMHA) service
570 Bourke Street, Melbourne Vic 3000
Tel: 1300 947 820
Email: contact@imha.vic.gov.au
Web: www.imha.vic.gov.au
Mental Health Legal Centre
Building 152, 147 Pelham Street, Carlton Vic 3053
Tel: 9629 4422; 1800 555 887 (legal advice: Tuesdays and Thursdays, 6–8 pm)
Email: mhlc@mhlc.org.au
Web: https://mhlc.org.au
Mental Health Tribunal Victoria (MHT)
Level 30, 570 Bourke Street, Melbourne Vic 3000
Tel: 9032 3200; 1800 242 703
Email: mht@mht.vic.gov.au
Web: www.mht.vic.gov.au
Mental Health Victoria
Level 2, 22 Horne Street, Elsternwick Vic 3185
Tel: 9519 7000
Email: mhvic@mhvic.org.au
Web: www.mhvic.org.au
Second Psychiatric Opinion Service
Tel: 1300 503 426
Email: intake@secondopinion.org.au
Victorian Health Complaints Commissioner
Level 26, 570 Bourke Street, Melbourne Vic 3000
Tel: 1300 582 113
Email: hcc@hcc.vic.gov.au
Victorian Mental Health Complaints Commissioner
Level 26, 570 Bourke Street, Melbourne Vic 3000
Tel: 1800 246 054; 9032 3328
Email: info@mhcc.vic.gov.au
Web: www.mhcc.vic.gov.au
Victorian Mental Illness Awareness Council (VMIAC)
Building 1, 22 Aintree Street, Brunswick East Vic 3057
Tel: 9380 3900
Web: www.vmiac.org.au
VMIAC is a consumer-run advocacy organisation and the peak Victorian non-government organisation for people with lived experience of mental illness or emotional issues.
For other relevant organisations, see “Contacts” in Understanding disability and the law.