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Home Equity Access Scheme

Home Equity Access Scheme What is the Home Equity Access Scheme The Home Equity Access Scheme lets eligible older Australians access the equity in their home or other Australian real estate through an Australian Government loan. It was previously known as the Pension Loans Scheme. Participation is voluntary. …

Emergency support

Emergency support Crisis payment Crisis payment is a one-off payment paid through Services Australia.  You can apply for a crisis payment if you are receiving an income support payment and experience an extreme circumstance.  To apply Visit the Services Australia website for crisis payments (Opens external website) .  …

Family support services

Family support services About our family support programs Our programs help improve the wellbeing of children, young people and their families. We provide support, early intervention and prevention services. Family support programs include: Family and Relationship Services  Families and Communities Service Improvement …

Gambling

Gambling Need help with gambling? Call the National Gambling Helpline on  1800 858 858 for free, professional and confidential support 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Or  visit Gambling Help Online (Opens external website) . Impacts of gambling The Australian Institute of Health and Welfare states Australians lose …

Long-term research

Long-term research Our mission  We seek to improve the lifetime wellbeing of people and families in Australia. We do this through the creation and promotion of longitudinal evidence. The evidence informs policies and practices. We:  produce and manage quality longitudinal datasets  encourage the use of our data …

Campaign certification

Campaign certification About campaign certification Our campaigns comply with government advertising guidelines and policies. The certification statements are listed below. More information (Opens external website) Visit the Department of Finance website for the advertising guidelines and policies Campaign …

Registers

Registers About our registers  We are required to disclose gifts and benefits we’ve accepted and the Privacy Impact Assessments we’ve completed. Access the registers for more information.  Departmental gift register Find information about the gifts and benefits we have accepted. Privacy Impact Assessment register Find …

Legislation we administer

Legislation we administer Overarching responsibilities and principal legislation Each Commonwealth minister has executive responsibility allocated by the Governor-General under the Administrative Arrangements Order (Opens external website) (AAO). The AAO sets out which matters and legislation are administered by each …

Senate orders and legal services directions

Senate orders and legal services directions Senate order information Under Senate orders we must publish information about our appointments and vacancies, contracts, files and grants. We do this to be more open and transparent about what we do. File list (Senate order 12) All new and updated files from the last 12 …

Corporate plans

Corporate plans About our corporate plan  We publish an annual rolling 4-year corporate plan by 31 August every year. This in accordance with the  Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013 (Opens external website) (Cth).  The plan sets out our purposes and frames our long-term strategic policy and …