Financial counselling services provide free telephone financial counselling services, comprehensive information online and referral to other financial counselling services nearby.

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Financial counselling services for farming communities

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1 July 2022
Rural Financial Counselling Service

Australian Government
National Emergency Management Agency
Rural Financial Counselling Service

Tel: 1800 900 090
Email: rfcs@nema.gov.au
Web: https://nema.gov.au/get-support/rural-financial-counselling-service/rural-financial-counselling-service-information

The federal government-funded Rural Financial Counselling Service (RFCS) provides free financial counselling services nationally to farmers, owners of fishing enterprises, forestry growers and harvesters, and small, related business owners who are suffering financial hardship. 

​In Victoria, RFCS financial counsellors are based in Hamilton, Leongatha and Wodonga (see contact details below).

Hamilton: Rural Financial Counselling Service
77 Kennedy Street, Hamilton Vic 3300
Tel: 1300 735 578
Email: admin@wswrcs.com.au
Web: www.rfcsvictoriawest.com.au

Leongatha: Rural Financial Counselling Service 
1 Peart Street, Leongatha Vic 3953
Tel: 1300 045 747
Email: support@rfcsgippsland.org.au
Web: www.ruralfinancialcounselling.org.au

Wodonga: Rural Financial Counselling Service
102 Hume Street, Wodonga Vic 3690
Tel: 1300 834 775
Email: info@agbizassist.org.au
Web: www.rfcsvicne.org.au

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