Please note that our office will close during the holiday period from 5:00 pm Friday 20 December, reopening on Monday 6th January 2025 at 9:00 am. There are a number of services available during the holiday period if you are in need of help.
This information is provided by third parties. Please contact the service providers directly to confirm details or to make any enquiries.
Mental Health Assistance
If you need urgent support, please reach out to:
- In an emergency, please call 000
- Your local hospital
- The Logan Medicare Mental Health Centre is located at 91 Wembley Road, Logan Central, QLD 4114. The centre is open 10am to 6pm, Monday to Friday. Medicare Mental Health Centres provide free walk-in care.
- Queensland Mental Health Access Line:1300 MH CALL: 1300 64 22 55
- Head to Health Phone Service: 1800 595 212
- Lifeline: 13 11 14 (24-hour crisis telephone support)
- Alcohol and Drug Information Service (ADIS): 1800 177 833
- Suicide Call Back Service: 1300 659 467
- Kids Helpline: 1800 55 1800
- QLife: 1800 184 527
- 13YARN: 13 92 76
- Multicultural Connect Line: 1300 079 020
Domestic and Family Violence Support
- In an emergency contact Police on 000.
- DV Connect Womensline 1800 811 811
- 1800 RESPECT 1800 737 732
- DV Connect Mensline 1800 600 636
Emergency Relief
- Find Brisbane Central Free Food Locations, service closures times/dates, end of year meals, hampers, over the Christmas period here.
- Find Logan free meals, Christmas hampers and emergency relief information here.
- Homeless Hotline: Call 1800 474 753.
- Housing help after a disaster: call the Community Recovery Hotline on 1800 173 349.
Health Services
Medicare Urgent Care Clinics (UCCs): UCCs are operating 7-days a week throughout the Christmas period to provide care for urgent but non-life-threatening conditions. These clinics offer bulk billing for eligible treatments, including minor infections, urinary tract infections, sexually transmitted infections, and gastroenteritis.
- Logan (Browns Plains) Medicare UCC is located at 2-10 Grand Plaza Dr, Browns Plains QLD 4118. The clinic is open 7 days a week, from 8am until 10pm.
- South Brisbane Medicare UCC is located at level 4, 20 Cornwall Street, Woolloongabba QLD 4102. The clinic is open 7 days a week, from 8am until 10pm.
- The Oxley Medicare UCC is located at 169 Seventeen Mile Rocks Road, Oxley QLD 4075, within the Canossa Hospital complex. The clinic is open 7 days a week, from 8am to 8pm.
Minor Injury and Illness Clinics (MIICs)
- Redlands Satellite Hospital’s Minor Injury and Illness Clinic provides free walk-in urgent care for non-life threatening injuries and illnesses. The clinic operates 7 days a week from 8am to 10pm.
- Eight Mile Plains Satellite Hospital’s Minor Injury and Illness Clinic provides free walk-in urgent care for non-life threatening injuries and illnesses. The clinic operates 7 days a week from 8am to 10pm.
Find more information through Brisbane South PHN
Pacific Australia Labour Mobility (PALM) scheme administration end of year arrangements
The Department of Employment and Workplace Relations (DEWR), the Department of Foreign and Affairs (DFAT) and the Pacific Labour Facility (PLF) will all close their offices from 12:30 pm Tuesday 24 December 2024 and return to work on Thursday 2 January 2025.
During this time, employers and workers can call the PALM scheme support service line on (1800 51 51 31) to report a critical or serious incident or a PALM scheme worker requiring immediate assistance.
