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Useful Links

Advocacy Groups

The Share Housing Survival Guide produced by The Redfern Legal Centre and the Sydney Uni Student Representative Council. http://www.rlc.org.au/sharehousing/

NSW Tenants Union   http://www.tenants.org.au/

Welfare Rights http://www.welfarerights.org.au/index.htm

Redfern Legal Centre factsheets - http://www.rlc.org.au/factsheets/

Consumer Credit Legal Centre NSW - http://www.cclcnsw.org.au/

Financial Counsellors Association NSW - http://www.financialcounsellors.asn.au/fact.htm

Credit Line Financial Counselling Services http://www.wesleymission.org.au/centres/creditline/factsheet.asp

Understanding Money is an Australian Government site that includes inofrmation on preparing a budget, setting financial goals and developing a savings. http://www.understandingmoney.gov.au/content/default.asp

Government Bodies

Centrelink   http://www.centrelink.gov.au/

Australian Communication & Media Authority   - Toolkit to help decide which phone plan or internet access suits you best. http://toolkit.aca.gov.au/

Insolvency and Trustee Service Australia   http://www.itsa.gov.au/

NSW Department of Fair Trading  http://www.fairtrading.nsw.gov.au/

NSW Dept of Housing - For Rentstart information, follow the Services Available link on the left. http://www.housing.nsw.gov.au/

Australian Securities & Investment Commission   http://www.fido.asic.gov.au/fido/fido.nsf

Banks and other financial organisations

The following links are to the relevant loans pages of the big 4 banks:

Commonwealth Bank  http://www.commbank.com.au/Personal/PersonalLending/StudentLoans.asp

Westpac  http://www.westpac.com.au/internet/publish.nsf/Content/PBPLCR+Student+loan

ANZ  http://www.anz.com.au/australia/persbnk/prdsrv/personal/graduate_loan.asp

NAB  http://www.national.com.au/Personal_Finance/0,,9712,00.html

 

Credit Unions are often easier to deal with than the large banks and can be easily joined.  

In Armidale there is the New England Credit Union  http://www.necu.com.au

A more complete list of web sites of financial institutions can be found at  http://www.webwombat.com.au/finance_/services/

Other

Country Energy EasyPay  http://www.countryenergy.com.au/internet/cewebpub.nsf/Content/h_svc_easy+pay