❓ Hon Michelle Boylan asks about the quantity, location, operating hours, and client catchment areas of Sexual Assault Resource Centres (SARCs) in Western Australia. The response clarifies the structure and operation of the statewide SARC service.
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I refer to Sexual Assault Resource Centres (SARC) in Western Australia, and I ask: (a) what is the quantity of SARCs currently operating; (b) what is the physical location of each SARC; (c) what are the operating hours for each SARC; and (d) what proportion of clients come outside of the immediate catchment for each SARC?
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Answered
12 August 2025
Responded by
Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Health
Response time
3 days
(a-b)The statewide one Sexual Assault Resource Centre (SARC) service is physically located in Perth with 12 counselling and support services located across the State.
(c) SARC operates 24 hours per day, 7 days per week.
Counselling services operate during business hours supported by the Mental Health Emergency Response Line provide a paging service for clients through to SARC counsellors on-call between the hours of 2300hrs and 0830hrs, 7 days a week.
(d) SARC provides face-to-face and telehealth counselling services for clients residing outside of metropolitan Perth if clients wish to travel or use telehealth. Crisis counselling support from experienced counsellors is available via telephone following recent sexual assault.
Forensic and medical advice is provided by SARC forensic doctors to medical professionals state-wide.
(c) SARC operates 24 hours per day, 7 days per week.
Counselling services operate during business hours supported by the Mental Health Emergency Response Line provide a paging service for clients through to SARC counsellors on-call between the hours of 2300hrs and 0830hrs, 7 days a week.
(d) SARC provides face-to-face and telehealth counselling services for clients residing outside of metropolitan Perth if clients wish to travel or use telehealth. Crisis counselling support from experienced counsellors is available via telephone following recent sexual assault.
Forensic and medical advice is provided by SARC forensic doctors to medical professionals state-wide.
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