Cancer and Your Finances
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Cancer and Your Finances
Useful organisations
Financial help
Cancer Council’s Financial Planning Referral Service Program – that can connect you with a financial planner.
Phone: 13 11 20
Financial Information Service (FIS) – Free, confidential service from Services Australia.
Phone: 132 300
Financial Planning Association of Australia (FPA) – Information about financial planning and help to find a financial planner.
Phone: 1300 337 301
Financial Rights Legal Centre – Information about a variety of topics related to financial services.
Insurance Law Service (ILS) – An insurance help line for consumers.
Phone: 1300 663 464
Mob Strong Debt Help Line – Legal advice service about money issues for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.
Phone: 1800 808 488
MoneySmart – Financial tips from the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC). Includes the Financial Advisers Register.
Phone: 1300 300 630 (ASIC Infoline)
National Debt Helpline – Help with debt problems and assistance finding a financial counsellor.
Phone: 1800 007 007
Bankruptcy
Australian Financial Security Authority (AFSA) – Information about bankruptcy and personal insolvency agreements.
Phone: 1300 364 785
Dispute resolution
Australian Financial Complaints Authority (AFCA) – National dispute resolution scheme for all financial services complaints.
Phone: 1800 931 678
Telecommunications Industry Ombudsman (TIO) – National complaints resolution scheme for phone or internet services.
Phone: 1800 062 058
Government benefits
Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS) – Help with the cost of prescription medicines.
Phone: 1800 020 613
Services Australia – Includes Centrelink and Medicare; financial support for people in need.
Legal advice
Cancer Council’s Legal Referral Service Program – that can connect you with a lawyer.
Phone: 13 11 20
Community Legal Centres Australia – Provides links to local community legal centres across Australia.
Taxation
Australian Taxation Office – Tax and superannuation information for individuals and businesses.
Phone: 13 28 61 (individuals)
Phone: 13 28 66 (businesses)
Phone: 13 10 20 (superannuation)
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This information was last reviewed October 2021 by the following expert content reviewers: Rania Tannous, Head of Legal, Corporate, Legal and Governance, AMP; Patricia Troll, Senior Legal Counsel, AMP Financial Services Legal, Legal and Governance, AMP; Lynette Brailey, Program Coordinator, Financial Assistance Service, Cancer Council NSW; Stephen Bray, Financial Planner, FM Financial, TAS; Angela Daly, Senior Social Worker, Cancer Services, The Adem Crosby Centre, Sunshine Coast Hospital and Health Service, QLD; Sandra Hodge, Consumer; Sandi Johnson, Consumer; Antony Mitchell, Financial Counsellor, Financial Counselling Program, Cancer Council VIC; Lucy Pollerd, Social Worker, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, VIC; Heather Richards, Consumer; Deb Roffe, 13 11 20 Consultant, Cancer Council SA.