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Liz Interprets President's Speech
US President Barack Obama’s visit to a Darwin RAAF Base on the 17th November 2011 proved to be both a privilege and a challenge for NABS Interpreter Liz Temple. Read More
National Auslan Booking Service Wins
National Auslan Booking Service (NABS) has been recognised among Australia’s most progressive organisations, winning the Australian Business Award for Public Service in the 2011 Awards. Latest information on NABS Achievement is here.
What is NABS?
Everything you need to know
NABS is the National Auslan Interpreter Booking and Payment Service. It is funded by the Department of Families Community Services and Indigenous Affairs. NABS is based at the corporate office of Wesley Mission Brisbane, in Brisbane and provides services Australia-wide.
NABS provides interpreters to any person who uses sign language to communicate and would like an interpreter for private medical appointments. It is free of charge to Sign Language users and medical and health care practitioners. All interpreting services to Aboriginal and Islander Sign Language users are provided free of charge for both public and private health appointments.
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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