Dear members… It’s Conference month! Things might be a little hectic if you call or email our office, but as always we’ll do our best to answer your questions or point you in the right...
Dear members… It has been a busy month in the political sphere. We extend our congratulations to Premier Cook on securing another term for WA Labour and welcome Minister Swinbourn to the Communities portfolio. We...
FCAWA was pleased to contribute to the joint 2026-27 Federal Budget Submission from financial counselling peak bodies across Australia. Entitled ‘Growing Financial Counselling in Australia: An Investment in Economic Productivity,’ the submission calls for transformational...
Where have you been a financial counsellor? Originally commenced as a Financial Counsellor with Wesley Mission Murray Street -Perth as a volunteer financial counsellor for 12 months and later the City of Joondalup for 15...
FCAWA was thrilled to win a 2025 Resilient Australia State Award, in recognition of our project, ‘Building Financial Resilience to Disasters: The Financial Counselling Disaster Framework‘ which was completed together with the Centre for Social...
The Financial Counsellors’ Association of Western Australia (FCAWA) is the peak body and voice of financial counselling in WA. We advocate for financial wellbeing and promote excellence in the sector to achieve our goals of...
The Financial Counsellors’ Association of Western Australia (FCAWA) is the peak body and voice of financial counselling in WA. We advocate for financial wellbeing and support financial counsellors so they can provide free, independent and...
February 2026
This submission outlines priority issues that warrant continued or increased General Insurance Code Governance Committee (CGC) focus in 2026–27, aligned with the CGC’s harms-based, outcomes-focused enforcement approach.
February 2026
Joint submission from The Financial Rights Legal Centre (Financial Rights), Consumer Action Law Centre (Consumer Action) and Financial Counsellors’ Association of Western Australia (FCAWA).
February 2026
This submission has been shaped by the previous input of financial counsellors across the country. In this submission, we focus specifically on the proposed classification of counsellors, including financial counsellors, in the Alternative Classification Structure.
January 2026
FCAWA submits that Commonwealth suicide-prevention responses to DFSV should explicitly incorporate “economic safety” as a stabilisation domain, alongside physical safety and housing safety, and should strengthen national data architecture to better capture DFSV context (including economic abuse) in suicide deaths and suicidality-related service contacts
December 2025
The Financial Counsellors’ Association of Western Australia welcomes the opportunity to contribute to the Review and Reform of Western Australian Gambling Laws. Despite a prevailing belief that gambling harm is less significant in Western Australia because electronic gaming machines have not proliferated in the State, evidence shows that gambling-related harm is widespread and increasingly driven by digital wagering environments.
December 2025
Scam losses in Australia are enormous and persistent, with the ACCC reporting over $2 billion lost in 2024 and losses rising in 2025. Consumers, especially vulnerable consumers, are bearing the brunt of this harm.
December 2025
FCAWA supports the submissions of both Financial Counselling Victoria (FCVic) and the Economic Abuse Reference Group (EARG) and endorses their proposed recommendations. This submission is intended to complement those contributions by focusing on the Western Australian context, particularly frontline service experience and service gaps.
December 2025
FCAWA encourages the Department to recognise that financial wellbeing is central to family wellbeing. Economic insecurity and financial stress are key drivers of relationship breakdown, family violence, and child protection involvement.
November 2025
Financial counsellors are a critical, though currently under-recognised, component of the suicide-prevention workforce.
November 2025
This submission outlines how integrated financial counselling can contribute to prevention, early intervention, recovery and the reduction of alcohol and other drug (AOD) harms.
October 2025
FCAWA's Pre- Budget Submission to Government
August 2025
Water service providers can and should do more to effectively prevent or mitigate harm to victim survivors by considering victim-survivor safety in the design of products and systems; and by strengthening staff capability to proactively identify customers at risk of or affected by family violence.
May 2025
This joint submission focuses on insurance broker issues identified primarily through insurance claims handled through disaster recovery financial counselling casework.
If you are interested in receiving a copy of previous submissions prepared by FCAWA, please contact us.
Find practical resources to help individuals and communities prepare for and recover from disasters.
Explore current FCAWA projects.
A financial literacy learning program written to increase financial understanding and independence.
A financial literacy learning program written to increase financial understanding and independence. A suite of short videos that aim to build the financial resilience of women in the community.
A central resource designed to help improve digital access and skills by providing information, training, and support tools.
Systemic Issue Form
A systemic issue is a problem in the way a system works that makes it harder for people to get fair and effective support. Have you seen this happen? Share your experience to help us advocate for change.
