Financial Advice

This page on the government Centrelink website tells you all about the child care benefit available to help you with the cost of child care for long day care, family day care, occasional care, outside school hours care, vacation care and registered care.

This is a government website giving information about benefits and services to help you with your finances as well as links for further information and help.

This site is aimed at parents and gives help on how to deal with a family budget, family finance advice and teaching children about money.

This site gives endless tips and advice on how to save money. A few examples are saving money on groceries, teaching your children about money and how to survive a recession.

savingadvice.com.au is a blog giving tips and strategies to help you with money saving ideas from how to cancel a parking ticket to details about APR and AER.

Saving Money is a website dedicated to maximising your savings and ensuring you get the most interest from your money! Get the best rates, the latest information, advice and tips on saving and making money.

This site offers help on searching for, and comparing, home and personal loans, credit cards, bank accounts, internet banking as well as help on some tax issues. It also has mortgage and loan calculators, stamp duty calculator and an income tax calculator.

Find and compare mortgages, personal loans, car loans, credit cards etc at Money Buddy.

bPay is a site where you can ease the pressure of paying bills by doing it online. Last year, Australians made 185 million BPAY payments worth over $145 billion.

Centrelink is an Australian Government Statutory Agency, assisting people to become self-sufficient and supporting those in need.. This page offers bundles of information about the types of financial support you may be eligible to receive from the government.

Budgeting? I wouldn't know where to start

You're not alone - many people feel the same. Taking control of your money will help you take control of your life. Then you can plan ahead with confidence.

This budgeting tool will help you through the simple steps to prepare your own budget. Start with income, then work out your living costs to find out how much you have left for savings.

Time and care spent preparing your budget is well worth the effort.

This is a fantastic spreadsheet for you to fill in wither on your computer or there is a printable version. It was created by the government so it is very detailed to help you work out your budget accurately.