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New Services for People Struggling with Debt

From today, people struggling to pay their bills and debts will find it easier to access trustworthy information and advice that will help them get back on top. Today (Wed 7 Dec 2016) Financial Counselling Australia, with special guest Paul Clitheroe, are launching the new National Debt Helpline website and…

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Financial Inclusion Action Plans

Financial Counselling Australia is pleased to support the release on Friday 25th November 2016 of the first Financial Inclusion Action Plans from 12 trailblazers in industry, community and government. Financial Inclusion Action Plans have the potential to address some significant problems in our community including a lack of access to…

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Big step forward for consumer protection in online gambling

29 November 2016: Financial Counselling Australia welcomes the pledge from the State, Territories and Federal Government to establish a strong consumer protection framework for online gambling. “We congratulate Minister Alan Tudge in developing this framework in a consultative way and for doing it quickly. Although there is still a lot…

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Financial Counsellors Support Merger of FOS and CIO

30th November 2016 - Financial counsellors - who help hundreds of Australians with financial services disputes each year - have provided overwhelming support for the merger of the Financial Ombudsman Service and the Credit & Investments Ombudsman into a one stop financial complaints ombudsman service. Seventy-five percent of financial counsellors…

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Congratulations Betty Weule, AM

13th June 2016 - On behalf of the financial counselling sector, Financial Counselling Australia congratulates Betty Weule on receiving an honour in today’s Queens Birthday honours list. Betty is being made a Member of the Order of Australia. The citation for the order is “for significant service to social welfare,…

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