Support services

The Mining Industry Respect Infoline is a dedicated telephone support service which provides information, social support, and referrals to people who:

• have been affected by sexual harassment, sex-based harassment and sex discrimination in connection with your work, whether as the target of this conduct, a support person, or as a bystander or whistle-blower
• are seeking assistance, where this occurred in relation to work performed in the WA mining industry or on a WA mine site.

Phone: 1800 929 250

Website: workplace-respect.circlegreen.org.au

If actual or attempted sexual assault or a threat to your security occurs, you can report the matter to police.

Phone: 000 for emergency or 131 444

Website: www.police.wa.gov.au

The WA Equal Opportunity Commission investigates and conciliates complaints of discrimination, including in respect of workplace sexual harassment.

Phone: (08) 9216 3900 or 1800 198 149 (free call from landlines)

Email: eoc@eoc.wa.gov.au

Website: www.wa.gov.au/organisation/equal-opportunity-commission

Provides crisis services to people who have experienced a recent sexual assault (rape) in the last two weeks and counselling for sexual assault / abuse experienced recently or in the past.

Services are available for people of all sexualities and gender identities aged 13 years and above.

Phone: (08) 6458 1828 or 1800 199 888 (free call from landlines) [24-hours crisis line]

Website: www.kemh.health.wa.gov.au/Other-Services/SARC

24-hour crisis support and suicide prevention.

Phone: 13 11 14

Website: www.lifeline.org.au

The FWC is Australia’s national workplace relations tribunal and assists workers of a corporation (these typically contain ‘Ltd’ within its name) or a Commonwealth employer.

The FWC may be able to assist in workplace sexual harassment matters where sexual harassment is relevant to an application lodged in respect of:

• an order to stop sexual harassment or an order to stop bullying and sexual harassment (stop sexual harassment order)
• general protections
• unlawful termination
• unfair dismissal.

Phone: 1300 799 675

Website: www.fwc.gov.au

Those workers that do not fall within the FWC may be covered by the WAIRC. The WAIRC’s jurisdiction covers PCBUs and their workers where the PCBU is not a corporation (that is, does not have ‘Ltd’ within its name). Examples include sole traders, partnerships, some trusts, employers who are unincorporated businesses, the State government and some local government employers.

The WAIRC may be able to assist in workplace sexual harassment matters where sexual harassment is relevant to an application lodged in respect of an order to stop sexual harassment or an order to stop bullying and sexual harassment (stop sexual harassment order).

Phone: 1800 624 263

Website: www.wairc.wa.gov.au/employees/stop-bullying-or-sexual-harassment-applications

Provides contact with a trained mental health clinician and aims to keep individuals safe by connecting them with appropriate support services.

The Mental Health Emergency response line is a 24-hour telephone service for people in the Perth/Peel area experiencing a mental health crisis.

Phone: 1300 555 788 (Perth) or 1800 676 822 (Peel)

After-hours telephone service for people in rural and regional WA experiencing a mental health crisis.

Phone: 1800 552 002

Website: www.mhc.wa.gov.au/getting-help/helplines/mental-health-response-line

WorkCover WA is the government agency responsible for regulating and administrating the workers’ compensation scheme in WA under the Workers Compensation and Injury Management Act 2023 (WA).

Phone: 1300 794 744

Website: www.workcover.wa.gov.au