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If you need money help now
If you are having trouble with money or debt, please contact the National Debt Helpline:
| National Debt Helpline Information and advice to help you move on. | 1800 007 007 Online chat |
If you don’t speak or understand English well, using an interpreter could help.
You can access an interpreter by calling the Translating and Interpreting Service (TIS) on 131 450 for the cost of a local call. You can then ask the interpreter to call the National Debt Helpline for you.
| Translating and Interpreting Service (TIS) The TIS is available 24 hours a day, seven days a week and can interpret in more than 170 languages. | 131 450 |
This website isn’t translated (yet).
We would like to translate the information on this website into every language, but at this stage, it’s not possible. However, we have found a great resource that has information about many aspects of life in Australia, put together by SBS (the Special Broadcasting Service).
SBS settlement guide
The SBS (Special Broadcasting Service) Settlement Guide covers topics related to personal finance. You can read, listen, and watch in up to 50 different languages. Its purpose is to help people new to Australia feel welcome and develop a sense of belonging. It’s useful even if you’ve been here for many years.
You can read, listen, and watch the SBS Settlement Guide content in the following languages:
- Amharic (አማርኛ)
- Albanian (Shqip)
- Arabic (العربية)
- Armenian (Հայերեն)
- Assyrian
- Bangla (বাংলা)
- Bulgarian (Български)
- Burmese
- Cantonese (廣東話)
- Dari (درى)
- Dinka (Thuɔŋjäŋ)
- English
- Filipino
- French (Français)
- German (Deutsch)
- Greek (Ελληνικά)
- Gujarati (ગુજરાતી)
- Hakha Chin
- Hebrew (עברית)
- Hindi (हिन्दी)
- Hmong (Hmoob)
- Indonesian (Bahasa Indonesia)
- Italian (Italiano)
- Japanese (日本語)
- Karen
- Khmer (ខ្មែរ)
- Kirundi (Ikirundi)
- Korean (한국어)
- Kurdish (Kurdî)
- Lao (ລາວ)
- Macedonian (Македонски)
- Malayalam (മലയാളം)
- Mandarin (普通话)
- Mongolian (Монгол)
- Nepali (नेपाली)
- Pashto (پښتو)
- Persian (فارسی)
- Portuguese (Português)
- Punjabi (ਪੰਜਾਬੀ)
- Rohingya
- Romanian (Română)
- Russian (Русский)
- Samoan (Gagana Samoa)
- Serbian (Српски)
- Sinhala (සිංහල)
- Somali (Soomaali)
- Spanish (Español)
- Swahili (Kiswahili)
- Tamil (தமிழ்)
- Thai (ไทย)
- Tibetan (བོད་སྐད།)
- Tigrinya (ትግርኛ)
- Turkish (Türkçe)
- Ukrainian (Українська)
- Urdu (اردو)
- Vietnamese (Tiếng Việt)
Resources from Money Smart
Use Money Smart’s Simple Money Manager budgeting tool to track your money.
You can use it in these languages:
- Simplified/Traditional Chinese
- Italian, Arabic
- Vietnamese
- Somali
- Dari
- Sudanese Arabic
- English
Money Smart Fact Sheets
You can find information about saving money, paying bills, banking and insurance in different languages.
See Money Smart’s Money management kit and scroll down the page to find fact sheets in these languages:
- العربية (Arabic)
- ܐܵܬܘܿܪܵܝܵܐ (Assyrian)
- ျမန္မာ (Burmese)
- Chin Hakka (Chin Hakka)
- ·دري (Dari)
- Thoŋ de Jiɛ̈ŋ (Dinka)
- فارسي (Farsi)
- آزرگى (Hazaragi)
- unDusd1 (Karen)
- Ikirundi (Kirundi)
- नेपाली (Nepalese)
- Thok Nath (Nuer)
- عربي سوداني (Sudanese Arabic)
- Kiswahili (Swahili)
- தமிழ் (Tamil)
MyAus app
The MyAus app is a directory by not-for-profit organisation The Social Policy Group for navigating life in Australia as a new migrant. You can find information on all topics related to settling in this country in your preferred language. To start using the app, download it and register on your platform of choice.
This information was last updated 5 June 2023.
The links and resources in this article have been compiled and reviewed by the Brotherhood of St. Laurence. We aren’t responsible for what you’ll find at the links, though we do hope you find the information useful. See our disclaimer if you’d like to know more.
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