Appendix 1: Contact details for Australian, State and Territory Government health authorities and communicable disease control
Please note: due to continuous updates being made to the Immunisation Handbook, the page number on the electronic version will not always match the hard copy version.
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Australian Government health authorities |
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Australian Government Health |
02 6289 1555 |
Australian Childhood Immunisation Register enquiries (ACIR) |
1800 653 809 (This phone number can also be used by vaccination providers to obtain information on the vaccination history of individual children). ACIR email: acir@medicareaustralia.gov.au ACIR Internet site: www.medicareaustralia.gov.au; click on Health Care Providers, then Programs & Services, then Australian Childhood Immunisation Register ACIR Internet Helpline: 1300 650 039 |
Quarterly Outcomes Payment & GPII Practice Report (ACIR020A): |
1800 246 101 Email: gpii@medicareaustralia.gov.au Website: www.medicareaustralia.gov.au; click on Health Care Providers, then Incentives & Allowances, then General Practice Immunisation Incentive Scheme |
State and Territory Government health authorities |
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Australian Capital Territory |
(02) 6205 2300 Immunisation Enquiry Line |
New South Wales |
Contact your local Public Health Unit, found under ‘Health’ in the White Pages |
Northern Territory |
(08) 8922 8044 |
Queensland |
(07) 3234 1500 |
South Australia Immunisation Coordination Unit |
(08) 8226 7177 http://www.dh.sa.gov.au/pehs/ |
Tasmania |
(03) 6222 7724 or 1800 671 738 http://www.dhhs.tas.gov.au/publichealth/immunisation/index.html |
Victoria |
1300 882 008 http://www.health.vic.gov.au/immunisation |
Western Australia |
(08) 9321 1312 |
Contact details for communicable disease control |
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Australian Capital Territory |
24-hour Communicable Disease Control Section: (02) 6205 2155 |
New South Wales |
Contact your local Public Health Unit, found under ‘Health’ in the White Pages |
Northern Territory |
0830–1700 hrs: (08) 8922 8044 (After hours Royal Darwin Hospital (08) 8922 8888 for CDC on-call doctor) |
Queensland |
Contact your local Public/Population Health Unit, phone number listed in the White Pages |
South Australia |
24 hour general enquiries line: (08) 8226 7177 |
Tasmania |
24 hour Hotline: 1800 671 738 |
Victoria |
24 hour contact number: 1300 651 160 |
Western Australia |
0830–1700hrs: (08) 9388 4999. After hours: (08) 9382 0553 |
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