• Phone: 000

Call Triple Zero (000) for urgent assistance from the police, ambulance or fire brigade. This is a free call from any phone in Australia.

You should call 000 in a life threatening or time critical emergency, such as when:

• someone is seriously injured or in danger
• there is serious risk to life or property
• a crime is being committed and/or a further crime may be committed
• someone you suspect has committed a crime is close by or their location is known, and there is an opportunity to arrest the suspect
• witnesses may leave the scene of a crime or evidence might be lost if police do not get there quickly.

• Phone: 1800 333 000
• Website: www.crimestoppers.com.au

Please call Crime Stoppers if you have any information that might help solve a crime. This community-based initiative encourages all members of the public to provide information on:

• people wanted by police
• unsolved crimes and future crime that is being planned
• people you know who have committed criminal offences where they have not been arrested
• suspicious or unusual activity.

• Phone: 131 444

If you are the victim of a crime, other than in life threatening or time-critical emergency situations, phone the Police Assistance Line on 131 444. The Police Assistance Line operates 24 hours a day, seven days a week. The information you provide over the phone is immediately available to your local police.

Types of crime you can report to the Police Assistance Line include:

• break and enter
• fail to pay for fuel (service stations only)
• motor vehicle/vessel theft
• malicious damage, including graffiti
• lost property
• taxi fare evasion.

When a police response is required, the Police Assistance Line arranges for police officers to attend. The Police Assistance Line can also assist you with general police inquiries.

• Phone: 1800 123 400
• Email: hotline@nationalsecurity.gov.au
• Website: www.nationalsecurity.gov.au

You can report suspicious activity that may relate to national security issues to the National Security Hotline. Trained operators take every call seriously, and you can remain anonymous. Information is passed on to Australia's police and security agencies for analysis and further investigation.

If you are calling from overseas, please call (+61) 1300 123 401. For TTY users, call 1800 234 889. If you do not speak English well, call the Translating and Interpreting Hotline on 131 450 and ask them to contact the National Security Hotline and interpret for you.

ReportCyber is a national policing initiative of the Australian, state and territory governments. 

This national online system allows the public to securely report instances of cybercrime. It also provides advice to help people recognise and avoid common types of cybercrime.

If you want to enquire about a cybercrime incident you have reported, please contact your local police through the nation-wide phone number 131 444 and quote the report reference number.

National Disability Insurance Scheme

If you suspect someone is doing the wrong thing with National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) funds, you should report it directly to NDIS. You can report suspected fraud or non-compliance by:

• calling the NDIS Fraud Reporting and Scams Helpline on 1800 650 717 
• emailing fraudreporting@ndis.gov.au.

There is more information on the NDIS website.

Illicit tobacco

The Illicit Tobacco Taskforce (ITTF) was established in July 2018 to protect Commonwealth revenue by proactively targeting, disrupting and dismantling serious actors and organised crime syndicates that deal in illicit tobacco

If you suspect that illicit tobacco is being grown, manufactured or sold in your community you can report it anonymously to the Australian Taxation Office (ATO) by:

• making a tip-off
• phoning 1800 060 062.

If you know someone who might be involved in importing illegal tobacco:

• call 1800 009 623
• report them via Border Watch.

More information is available on the ATO and Australian Border Force websites.

Serious financial crime

The Serious Financial Crime Taskforce (SFCT) is an ATO-led joint-agency task force committed to tackling illegal activity and behaviour of concern, especially when it comes to COVID-19 stimulus measures, phoenix, offshore tax evasion and cybercrime against the tax and superannuation system.

If you are concerned that you or someone you know is doing the wrong thing, you can confidentially tell us about it.

To report any known or suspected illegal behaviour you can either:

• make a tip-off
• phone 1800 060 062.

• Website: www.scamwatch.gov.au

Your report can assist the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission to monitor scam trends and take action as appropriate. You will also be able to receive information on the matter reported and any options that may be available. Note, SCAMwatch does not provide legal advice.

The Office of the eSafety Commissioner coordinates and leads online safety efforts across government, industry and the non-for-profit community, empowering all Australians to have safe and positive online experiences.

Report cyberbullying

The Office of the eSafety Commissioner operates a world first reporting scheme to deal with serious cyberbullying affecting Australian children. The office may be able to help get cyberbullying material removed from social media services. Find out more or make a report on the eSafety website. 

Report illegal or offensive content

If you encounter offensive or illegal content online, you can report it to the office via the online content complaint form. The office prioritises the removal of child sexual abuse material.

Report image-based abuse

The office may be able to assist victims of image-based abuse. Any Australian who has had their intimate images or videos shared online without their consent can make a report to the office. Find out more or make a report on the eSafety website.

Each Australian police agency operates the National Child Offender System (NCOS—formerly known as the ANCOR) in accordance with the respective legislation of their state or territory.  Please direct any requests about information contained on this system to the Child Protection Unit in the relevant police agency as listed below.