Telephone Numbers in Australia - Non-geographic Numbers (domestic Use)

Non-geographic Numbers (domestic Use)

The following codes are not generally dialable from international points, but used in domestic dialling:

• 000 – Emergency (Police, Fire, Ambulance)
• 106 – TTY emergency (for the hearing-impaired)
• 11 – Community service
  • 1100 – Dial Before You Dig
  • 112 – Emergency (from GSM mobile phones only)
  • 114x xxxx – Mass calling service
  • 119x – Community service (e.g. 1194 is time and 1196 is weather)
• 12 – Network services
  • 122x – Operator services (e.g. 1223 is directory assistance)
  • 1225 – International directory assistance
  • 123x – Operator services (e.g. 1234 is Sensis personal assistance)
  • 124xx – Operator services (e.g. 12456 is Sensis Call Connect)
  • 125xxx – Telstra Mobile Services (e.g. 125111 is Telstra Mobile Customer Service)
  • 1268x, 1268 xxxx and 1268 xxx xxx – Internal network services
  • 127 – Testing numbers (e.g. 12722123 reads your number from a Telstra line) (length varies)
  • 1282 – Call information service
  • 128xx – Call information service
• 13 xx xx and 1300 xxx xxx – "Local Rate" calls
• 1345 xxxx – Local rate calls (only used for back-to-base monitored alarm systems)
• 15 – Internal network testing
• 180 xxxx and 1800 xxx xxx – FreeCall
• 188 xxxx – Premium SMS (since moved to 19 range)
• 19 xx xx and 19xx xxxx – Premium SMS
• 190x xxx xxx – Premium rate services (usually 1902 and 1900)

Some notes:

• These numbers do not have a trunk prefix (0).
• The 106 number is believed to be the first nation-wide TTY emergency service in the world.
• 13 xx xx, 1300 xxx xxx and 1800 xxx xxx numbers can provide source-based routing, used by organisations such as pizza chains that advertise one number nationwide that connects customers to their nearest store.
• Virtually all FreeCall numbers in use are 1800 xxx xxx, though some organisations do use the shorter 7-digit version.
• Some of these numbers are dialable from overseas, it is up to the individual owner to set this up correctly (for 13 and 18 numbers at least) (e.g. +61 13x xxx)

The current numbering plan would appear to be sufficient to cope with potential increase in demand for services for quite some time to come. The 06 and 09 area codes are completely unused, plus each current area code has large spaces unallocated.