Financial counselling broadens
Minister for Fair Trading Linda Burney announced the New South Wales Government would broaden its financial counselling services across the state, with $100,000 per annum being provided to the training program over the next two years.
This follows Premier Morris Iemma’s announcement in April that an additional $1 million would be set aside for financial counselling services from July 1, 2008, making a total of $3.7 million per annum.
“These initiatives will ensure that we have well-trained and professional financial counsellors to help families battling to make ends meet,” she said.
According to Burney, the Salvation Army’s Moneycare Goulburn will receive $30,000 to provide services in the Goulburn and Southern Highland areas.
“Twenty-three existing services will be receiving additional funding to meet the ever increasing stream of requests, with a quarter of the new funding going to south and south western Sydney.”
Burney said the additional funding will allow for an extra 3,200 days of counselling services and directly benefit an estimated 16,000 families.
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