Due to the current COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic the team at SAFCA will be following all health and safety precautions and working remotely to help flatten the curve and stop the spread. Please know we will continue to operate as normal and we are here to help. If you need to speak to a Financial Counsellor call the National Debt Helpline on 1800 007 007, or click on the link below "Need Free Financial Counselling / Find Now"

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Events & Updates

122 Organisations join together to oppose Government's plan to axe safe lending laws

Axing safe lending laws will be bad for people, bad for the economy and directly contradict the first recommendation of the banking royal commission, say leading voices across Australia

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1800 007 007

Small Business Bushfire Financial Counselling

1800 413 828

MEMBER ASSISTANCE PROGRAM

The State and Territory financial counselling associations, in conjunction with FCA, have engaged Access EAP to provide a Member Assistance Program (similar to an employee assistance program) for all financial counsellors, financial counselling agency managers and their families. While some agencies already offer these services to their staff, others do not.

To find out what assistance is available, and how to book an appointment, click here.

Financial counsellors label increase to JobSeeker nowhere near enough

24 February 2021

Media Release Financial counsellors label increase to JobSeeker nowhere near enough Financial counsellors are disappointed with today's decision by the Federal Government to only increase JobSeeker by $50 a fortnight. "This is well below what is needed. We support a permanent and...

Opinion piece on Buy Now Pay Later by Fiona Guthrie

11 January 2021

Buy now, pay later just another form of credit FIONA GUTHRIE WANT that holiday but don't have the money in your pocket? Want that new furniture, or pair of jeans, but your bank balance is looking a bit shaky? In days gone by, many people turned to credit cards, complete with exorbita...

Financial counsellors welcome Government's commitment to a more secure and coordinated future for the sector

1 December 2020

Media Release 26th November 2020 Financial Counselling Australia has welcomed the Federal Government's response to last year's review of the coordination and funding for financial counselling services across Australia. The review, called the Countervailing Power: Review of the coo...

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