Financial Counselling in Australia – Rask Media

What are financial counsellors and what do they do? According to Financial Counselling Australia, financial counsellors are qualified professionals who provide information, advice and advocacy to people in financial difficulty. Their services are non-judgmental, free, independent and confidential. Financial counsellors are based in community organisations throughout Australia, from large charities to smaller community centres, as…

Google accused of allowing scammers to display fake adverts for debt help online – The Telegraph

Google is not clamping down hard enough on scam adverts appearing in their searches, according to a new investigation. Consumer group Which? claimed it had found fake adverts for debt help charities and financial firms. The group says it found search results for common saving terms such as “top Isa”, “best bonds” and “best fixed…

Bega Valley advocacy group repays ‘debt of honour’ to people of Timor-Leste – ABC News

When Timor-Leste (formerly known as East Timor) finally gained independence and peace in 2002 it had paid a heavy price of huge casualties and destruction, and they needed help. Key points: A Bega Valley advocacy group has supported Timor-Leste since 2004 after the country gained independence The NGO fostered people-to-people relationships and assisted a sub-region…

85 pct of retail debtors re-apply for 2nd phase debt relief: Thai central bank – Xinhua | English.news.cn – Xinhua

Video PlayerClose BANGKOK, Sept. 8 (Xinhua) — Thailand’s central bank said on Tuesday that in the face of the pandemic fallout, 85 percent of retail debtors are still struggling in a grim economy and have applied for the second-phase of debt relief. “Many businesses in Thailand have been hit hard by the COVID-19 outbreak, especially…