NABS Background
NABS services commenced on 31 January 2005.
NABS is the National Auslan Interpreter Booking and Payment Service. It is funded by the Department of Families Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs (FaHCSIA). NABS is based at the corporate office of Wesley Mission Brisbane, in Brisbane and provides services Australia-wide.
NABS provides interpreters to Deaf and hard of hearing people who use sign language and would like an interpreter for private medical appointments. It is free of charge to Sign Language users and medical practitioners.
Bookings for interpreting services can be made for both deaf adults and deaf children. This includes situations where there is a deaf adult and a hearing child or a hearing adult and a deaf child attending a private medical consultation. NABS also provides interpreters for deaf/blind people.
NABS operates nationally between the hours of 8am to 8pm, Monday to Friday and from 8am to 1pm on Saturday, excluding all national Public Holidays.
| Phone (V) | 1800 24 69 45 |
| Fax | 1800 24 69 14 |
| TTY | 1800 24 69 48 |
| Bookings@nabs.org.au | |
| Feedback | feedback@nabs.org.au |
| SMS | 0427 671 261 |
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NABS provides free interpreting services for your private medical appointments in the following areas:
| GP and Specialist | Podiatrists or Chiropodists | Indigenous Health Workers |
| Chiropractors | Audiologists | Osteopaths |
| Dieticians | Psychologists | Mental Health Workers |
| Psychiatrists | Occupational Therapists | Speech Pathologists |
| Physiotherapists | Dentists | Optometrists |
| Naturopath | Remedial Massage | Acupuncture |
| Iridology | Click here for explanations >> | |