Contact points & other useful resources

CONTACT POINTS

Administrative Appeals Tribunal
Quadrant Building
1 William St
Perth WA 6000
Ph: (08) 9327 7200
Ph: 1300 366 700 (cost of a local call)
Fax: (08) 9327 7299
TTY: 1800 650 662 (hearing or speech impaired)
www.aat.gov.au
Email: aatweb@aat.gov.au

Community Legal and Advocacy Centre
Includes specialist service on welfare rights issues.
24 Parry St
Fremantle WA 6160
Ph: (08) 9432 9790
Fax: (08) 9432 9794
TTY: (08) 9432 9777
Email: antonio@fremantle.wa.gov.au

Legal Aid Commission
55 St George’s Tce
Perth WA 6000
Ph: 1300 650 579 (cost of a local call)
TTY: 1800 241 216 (hearing or speech impaired)
Fax: (08) 9325 5430
www.legalaid.wa.gov.au

Ombudsman, Commonwealth
St Martin’s Tower,
44 St George’s Tce
Perth WA 6000
PO Box Z5386
St George’s Tce
Perth WA 6831
Ph: (08) 9220 7541
Fax: (08) 9221 4381
www.comb.gov.au
Email: ombudsman@ombudsman.gov.au

Social Security Appeals Tribunal
Level 9, 216 St George’s Tce
Perth WA 6000
Ph: (08) 9229 1300
Fax: (08) 9229 1315
TTY: 1800 060 116 (hearing or speech impaired)
www.ssat.gov.au
Email: ssat.registry.perth@ssat.gov.au

Sussex Street Community Law Service
Includes specialist service on welfare rights issues.
29 Sussex St
East Victoria Park WA 6981
Locked Bag 2
East Victoria Park WA 6981
Ph: (08) 9470 2676
Toll-free: 1800 642 791
TTY: (08) 9470 2831 (hearing or speech impaired)
Fax: (08) 9470 1805
www.sscls.asn.au
Email: sscls@sscls.asn.au

Veterans’ Affairs, Department of
Level 12, AMP Building
Cnr William St & St George’s Tce
Perth WA 6000
Ph: 133 254
Toll-free: 1800 555 254
www.dva.gov.au
Veterans’ Review Board
140 St George’s Tce
Perth WA 6000
Ph: (08) 9366 8580 or 1300 550 460
Fax: (08) 9366 8583
www.vrb.gov.au

Welfare Rights and Advocacy Service of WA
Specialist service providing information, advice, advocacy and assistance with Centrelink issues and appeals.
98 Edward St
Perth WA 6000
Ph: (08) 9328 1751
TTY: (08) 9328 6069 (hearing or speech impaired)
Fax: (08) 9227 1375
www.wraswa.org.au
Email: welfare@wraswa.org.au

Western Australian Council of Social Service Incorporated
City West Lotteries House
2 Delhi St
West Perth WA 6005
Ph: (08) 9420 7222
Ph: 1300 658 816 (cost of a local call)
Fax: (08) 9486 7699
www.wacoss.org.au
Email: info@wacoss.org.au

CENTRELINK
Ph: 131 021
www.centrelink.gov.au
WA OFFICES
Albany
Armadale
Broome
Bunbury
Cannington
Carnarvon
Collie
Curtin University SSC
Derby
Esperance
Fremantle
Geraldton
Gosnells
Innaloo
Joondalup
Kalgoorlie
Karratha
Kwinana
Mandurah
Midland
Mirrabooka
Morley
Northam
Perth
Rockingham
South Hedland
Spearwood
Victoria Park
Warwick Grove

OTHER USEFUL RESOURCES

Annotations to the Social Security Act 1991 Sutherland, Peter and Anforth, Allan (4th ed) (Federation Press and Welfare Rights Centre, Sydney 1998)
Centrelink Information: A Guide to Payments and Services 2003-2004 (Centrelink, Canberra) (annual)
The Independent Social Security Handbook (5th ed) Michael Raper (ed) (Welfare Rights Centre, Sydney 2004) (available online at www.welfarerights.org.au)

PAMPHLETS

Rights Review Quarterly newsletter of the Welfare Rights Centre
The Welfare Rights Centre also publishes a range of pamphlets and fact sheets on social security issues, including regularly updated information on Centrelink rates and payments.

INTERNET

Australian Legal Information Institute: www.austlii.edu.au
Australian Taxation Office: www.ato.gov.au
Centrelink: www.centrelink.gov.au
Department of Family and Community Services: www.dfcs.gov.au
Department of Veterans’ Affairs: www.dva.gov.au
Legal Aid Commission of WA: www.legalaid.wa.gov.au
Social Security Appeals Tribunal: www.ssat.gov.au
National Welfare Rights Centre: www.welfarerights.org.au