Financial
Resources for professionals responding to victim survivors who have experienced financial abuse.
Information for Professionals Responding to Financial Abuse
For more information and resources about financial abuse and responding to this form of family violence, visit the Consumer Action Law Centre and the Centre for Women’s Economic Safety websites. Visit the Find services section for information about financial counselling, coaching and legal services in the north.
Information for Professionals in the Financial Sector
For more information and resources about working with clients who’ve experienced family violence, visit the 1800RESPECT website. Visit the Find services section for information about family violence services in the north.
Practice Resources
Financial Abuse Support
Information about what financial abuse involves. (1800Respect)
Financial Recovery: A Guide to Helping People who Have Experience Family Violence
Tip sheet about the main financial issues victim survivors may face. (Consumer Action Law Centre)
Money Check Up
A conversation guide for professionals to find out if a victim survivor has financial concerns. (Financial Counselling Victoria)
People Affected by Family Violence: Using the law to help your clients on the road to financial recovery.
Factsheet about assisting victim survivors who have experienced financial abuse. (Consumer Action Law Centre)
Case Work Support
Resources for family violence workers, lawyers and financial counsellors about relevant reforms for clients experiencing family violence. (Economic Abuse Reference Group)
Financial Elder Abuse
Examples of financial elder abuse and red flags. (Australian Complaints Financial Authority)
Joint Facilities and Family Violence
Factsheet about joint loans and other joint facilities in the context of family violence. (Australian Complaints Financial Authority)
The Dangerous Combination of Gambling and Family Violence
Practice guide for gambling counsellors, financial counsellors and family violence professionals. (ANROWS)
Other Resources
How to Spot and Stop Financial Abuse
Toolkit for Indigenous women and girls. (First Nations Foundation)
Family Violence and Financial Abuse
Resource with information about what financial abuse is and steps that victim survivors can take. (WIRE & ANZ)
Some Signs of Financial Abuse
Infographic for victim survivors to identify financial abuse. (Good Shepherd)
Design to Disrupt: Reimagining bank products to improve financial safety
Discussion paper examining how the finance sector can play a key role in preventing economic abuse. (Centre for Women’s Economic Safety)
