Department of Justice and Attorney-General
Victim Assist Queensland
Have you been
hurt by someone?
Victims LinkUp has information and can help you
Call us on 1300 546 587
You can ask someone you trust to call for you
Victims LinkUp is open Monday to Friday 8.30am to 5pm
Have you been hurt
by someone?
Someone might have
hit you
been rough with you
touched your private parts and you did
not want them to
made you afraid of them
done something else that has made you feel pain
or you might have seen or heard someone else
being hurt.
The person who hurt you can be someone you know
or a stranger.
It might be one person, or a group of people that
hurt you.
How might you feel if
someone has hurt you?
You might be able to see or feel an injury,
for example
bruises or marks
cuts or scratches
parts of your body hurt.
Sometimes you will not be able to see an injury
but someone has still hurt you. For example you
might feel
scared and unhappy
you cannot eat or sleep
you do not want to be near that person
you are scared to tell anyone what happened.
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What can you do?
Tell someone you trust like
a support worker or carer
a family member or friend
a doctor or nurse
a counsellor
the police.
If the person you tell does not believe you, tell
someone else.
If you tell the police what has happened they can try
to stop the person hurting you or anyone
else again.
What can Victims
LinkUp do?
Listen to you.
Find a support service to help you.
Tell you how you can get help to pay for some
things, for example, medical expenses.
They can put you in contact with a legal person
to make sure you know your rights.
Tell you how to contact the police and what
might happen if you do.
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Ways to contact Victims LinkUp
You can contact us or you can ask someone
you trust to help you contact us
Call us on 1300 546 587
Send us a letter to
Victim Assist Queensland, GPO Box 149, Brisbane, 4001
Send us an email to
[email protected]
Look on our Victim Assist Queensland website
www.justice.qld.gov.au
Send us a fax on 07 3109 1901
Call for an interpreter who speaks another language
on 13 14 50
Ask them to call Victims Linkup for you
Call us via the National Relay Service on
133 677 if you are hearing or speech impaired
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Call 000 if it is an emergency
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