Calls go out to dial in payphones as national landmarks

A Telstra payphone in Brunswick West, Melbourne, is used the most to call crisis support lines. (Diego Fedele/AAP PHOTOS)

Payphones might appear to be a thing of the past but thousands of Australians are using them each month to access crisis support.

That is one argument being pointed to in a push for three Telstra public phones to be recognised as national landmarks.