Household Electrification
24 July 2024
SAFCA's Project Officer Alex was part of this years Spot Talks at the FCA Conference. The Spot talks are always a favourite. Seven brave souls, seven minutes, a spotlight and a microphone. The Spot Talks are convened by Jon Yeo, the man behind TEDxMelbourne. Jon helps the participants shape their topic into a talk that can be delivered with impact and lasting effect on the audience.  Alex's recorded talk, on Household Electrification, is ready to watch (also in yo...
ANZ's Financial Wellbeing Report
10 July 2024
ANZ have released The ANZ Roy Morgan Financial Wellbeing Indicator, quarterly update for June 2024. Download here.  Financial wellbeing is the extent to which someone is able to meet all their current commitments and needs comfortably and has the financial resilience to maintain this in the future. The ANZ Roy Morgan Financial Wellbeing Indicator (FWBI) is reported as a 12-month moving average, with regular updates showing the changes in aspects of financial wellbeing across locations a...
It's Tax Time!
2 July 2024
Tax Help From July to October each year, The Tax Help program provides ATO-trained volunteers to help you lodge your tax returns online (if you have simple tax affairs and your income is $60,000 or less). They can also help with things like setting up a myGov account and letting the ATO know if you don’t need to lodge a tax return. This is a free service. Make an appointment by phoning the ATO on 13 28 61 (select option 3, then option 2) for Tax Help...
Scam Alert
29 May 2024
There is currently a website that has been purchased by a charity called 'Cohesion Matters'. The domain that is being used for this website is an old one for a government-funded project that no longer exists. This now-defunct program was called National Energy Resources Australia (NERA). This website seemingly puts out false information about government and NFP grants for people in financial hardship. This website still seems to be impersonating the now-defunct NERA. https://www.nera.or...
MoneyMinded update
10 April 2024
New scams module and translated handouts ANZ’s MoneyMinded is a flexible financial education program to help adults enhance their money management skills, knowledge, and confidence. ANZ has recently launched two exciting new updates to the MoneyMinded program. Scams module MoneyMinded now has a new module to help you support your clients to identify and protect themselves from scams. The new module includes an animation, prompt cards, coach guid...

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