Culturally diverse sexual health services

The national peak body for sexual health and family planning organisations in Australia.

Visit the Family Planning Alliance Australia website for more information.

Run by and for women from immigrant and refugee backgrounds, and aims to improve their health and wellbeing.

Visit the Multicultural Centre for Women's Health website for more information.

Family Planning NSW 

Provides information about contraceptive, sexual and reproductive health for young people, including factsheets in a variety of languages for non-English speakers. 

For information and referral, or to find your nearest clinic and to make an appointment online, visit the Family Planning NSW website . You can also call them on 1300 658 886, Monday to Friday, 8.30 am–5 pm, or email talkline@fpnsw.org.au.

Multicultural HIV and Hepatitis Service

Provides factsheets about HIV and hepatitis in a variety of languages for non-English speakers.

Visit the Multicultural HIV and Hepatitis Service website for more information.

True Relationships & Reproductive Health

Provides information on a variety of issues related to sexual health. They have clinics throughout metropolitan, regional and remote Queensland.

Visit the True Relationships & Reproductive Health website for general information, or check their directory to find your nearest True sexual health clinic . 

Mater Refugee Complex Care Clinic

Provides state-wide health care to refugees and asylum seekers.

Visit the Mater Refugee Complex Care Clinic website for more information. 

World Wellness Group (WWG)

Organisation based in Woolloongabba that focuses on multicultural health and wellbeing, with particular attention paid to migrants, refugees and asylum seekers. Services offered include preparation of mental health-care plans, GP services for physical and mental health issues, and referral letters to specialists. All visits are bulk-billed if you have a current Medicare card.

Visit the World Wellness Group (WWG) website for more information. You can also call them on 07 3333 2100, or email referrals@worldwellnessgroup.org.au.

Gold Coast Sexual Health Service

Provides free general sexual health services such as screening for and treatment of sexually transmitted infections (STIs), counselling, education and advice.

Visit the Gold Coast Sexual Health Service website for more information. You can also call them on 07 5687 9200, or email sexualhealthgc@health.qld.gov.au.

Women’s Medical Gold Coast

A casual and friendly clinic in Burleigh Heads staffed only by female doctors, with a particular focus on international students.

Visit the Women’s Medical Gold Coast website for more information, or call 07 5520 6244.

Centre for Culture, Ethnicity and Health (CEH) 

Provides information about how to protect yourself from sexually transmitted infections (STIs), including where to go if you want to get tested through their Multicultural Health and Support Service.

Visit the CEH website for more information.

Victorian Refugee Health Network 

Government initiative committed to improving the health and wellbeing of people from refugee and asylum seeker backgrounds in Victoria.

Visit the Victorian Refugee Health Network website for more information.

Sexual Health Victoria

Provides information about sexual and reproductive health care. They also have clinics in Box Hill and Melbourne CBD.

Visit the Sexual Health Victoria website for more information.

Sexual Health and Family Planning ACT (SHFPACT)

Offers information about sexual and reproductive health to young people in the ACT, including those from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds.

Visit the SHFPACT website or call 02 6247 3077.

Family Planning NT

Provides information about sexual and reproductive health. They also have clinics in Darwin and Palmerston.

Visit the Family Planning NT website or call 08 8948 0144.

Shine SA

Provides information about a variety of issues related to sexual health, with a particular focus on young women from multicultural communities.

Visit the Shine SA website for more information.

Family Planning Tasmania

Provides information about sexual and reproductive health. 

Visit the Family Planning Tasmania website or call 03 6228 5244.

Sexual Health Quarters

Provides specialist services in sexual and reproductive health. You can call or email their Sexual Health Helpline and ask for information or advice anonymously and confidentially.

Visit the Sexual Health Quarters website for more details. You can also call them on 08 9227 6177, or email sexhelp@shq.org.au.