Homicide victim support services

The following links provide support information on topics including grief counselling, dealing with police, the courts and criminal justice system, compensation, dealing with the coroner and dealing with the media.

A good overview of grief support information for victims of homicide may be found at the Grief reactions associated with death through homicide page on the Grieflink website.

National

• Victim Support Australasia
  Includes contacts for all states and territories
• Homicide Victims' Support Group:
  • New South Wales
  • Queensland
  • South Australia
  • Victoria
  • Western Australia
• Lifeline Australia
  National telephone counselling service
• Just Look
  National online database of health and community services

Australian Capital Territory

• Victims of crime
  Australian Federal Police

New South Wales

• Victims services NSW
  New South Wales Government counselling service
• New South Wales Coroner's Court
  New South Wales Government
• Services for witnesses and victims of crime
  Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions
• VOCAL - Victims of Crime Assistance League
  Hunter Valley and Sydney
• Victimes of crime: homicide support services
  New South Wales Government

Northern Territory

• Victims of crime NT
  Northern Territory Department of Justice
• Witness and Victim Support Service
  Northern Territory Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions

Queensland

• Helping victims of crime
  Department of Justice and Attorney-General, Queensland

South Australia

• Grief reactions and support
  National Association for Loss and Grief (NALAG) South Australia
• Victim support service
  Victim Support Service SA
• Commissioner for Victims Rights
  South Australian Government

Tasmania

• Victims of crime service
  Tasmania Police
• Victims support services
  Government of Tasmania - Department of Justice
• Victims of crime
  Government of Tasmania - Women Tasmania

Victoria

• Victims Support Agency
  Government of Victoria
• Compassionate Friends
  The Compassionate Friends Victoria
• Crime Victims Support Association
  Victoria Homicide Victims' Support Group (VHVSG)
• National Association for Loss and Grief
  National Association for Loss and Grief (NALAG) Victoria

Western Australia

• Victim Support and Child Witness Service
  Government of Western Australia
• angelhands
  A space for family and friends of homicide victims

Telephone contact details for services without websites may be sourced through Just Look (a national online database of health and community services)