Can't Pay the Bills
Sometimes the bills come all at once, or they're more than you expected, or maybe a one-off expense can hit your budget hard. Search our help topics for options to help get your bills under control
Top 5 issues:
- Urgent Financial Assistance
- Real Stories: Joan didn’t know she had income protection insurance with her super fund
- Financial Hardship Assistance
- Car Repossession
- Real Stories: Why payday loans might not be a good idea
Family / Personal Issues
Get help early, around family issues that can hurt your finances, and financial problems that can strain families and relationships.
Top 5 issues:
- Urgent Financial Assistance
- Car Repossession
- Medical Expenses
- Help with Gambling problems
- Received a Fine or Infringement?
Legal Threats
How to deal with a range of common money issues involving legal action or the courts.
Top 5 issues:
- Car Repossession
- Received a Fine or Infringement?
- Avoid Phone Disconnection
- Mortgage Stress
- Received a Letter of Demand?
Loans / Debts / Credit
Personal loans, home loans, car loans, credit cards..... Getting finance can be the easy part, but repaying can get hard for all sorts of unexpected reasons. Find some solutions in our urgent help topics
Top 5 issues:
- Urgent Financial Assistance
- Car Repossession
- Real Stories: Why payday loans might not be a good idea
- Real Stories: Why George fell behind with his debts and how financial counselling helped
- Help with Gambling problems
Unemployment
Help options and assistance for money problems that can arise whether you've just lost your job, or are still looking for work.
Top 5 issues:
- Urgent Financial Assistance
- Real Stories: Joan didn’t know she had income protection insurance with her super fund
- Car Repossession
- Medical Expenses
- Received a Fine or Infringement?
Build Your Capability
A selection of useful interactive tools, from ASIC's MoneySmart website, to help you better understand, plan and improve your finances.
Top 5 tools:
- Track Your Spending
- Unclaimed Money Search
- Budget Planner
- Savings Goals Calculator
- Credit Card Calculator