Young people and financial advice
The Australian Securities and Investment Commission website has a section of its website devoted to information for young people. Contact them for the free comic, To the max, which was published by Streetwize Communications with support from ASIC.
Also see their website called FIDO (Financial Tips and Safety Checks)
at: http://www.fido.asic.gov.au/
The NSW Office of Fair Trading has information for young people.
Their Moneystuff website has resources for youth to help prepare them for independent living by heloing them deal with consumer responsibility and personal financial management. The site also has a section useful for teachers and parents.
They also have a site about young people and debt, at: http://www.fairtrading.nsw.gov.au/youth/youngpeopleanddebt.html
The National Welfare Rights Network provides independent information, advice and representation about Social Security law and its administration. Also see their site for information on the magazine, rights review, produced quarterly by the Welfare Rights Centre in Sydney.
The Commonwealth Bank foundation's financial literacy grants are made available each year through secondary schools, to help to develop student programs that create awareness, skill and understanding in financial literacy. All Australian secondary schools are eligible to apply for the grants.
Start Smart is another Commonwealth Bank Foundation initiative, bringing together young people and their teachers to learn how to start a smarter financial future.
MoneyMinded is a financial education program which helps people make informed decisions about the use and management of their money. Its site includes useful tips on managing mobile phone debt.
Managing money, saving money is a section of the Victorian Government's Youth Central website to help youth make informed decisions.
Mobile phone debt: See this archived item from ABC Radio's 7.30 report on mobile phone debt.
Money Matters for Young Consumers (vol.222, Issues in Society, published by The Spinney Press, ISBN 1 920801 32 4, 2005.
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Financial management and young Australian workers, by Nicki Dowling, Lauren Hoiles, Tim Corney & David Clark
Youth Studies Australia, v.27, n.1, pp.26-35. Summary | Full text | PDF
Independence, individualism and connection among share householders, by Kristin Natalier
v.26, n.1, 2007, pp.17-24.
Making ends meet: The experiences of undergraduate students of education at the University of Ballarat, by S. Turale
v.20, n.2, 2001, pp.29-34.
Banking on young people, by David Phillips (National Youth Agency, UK) (Reprinted with permission from Young People Now Sept. 1999.).
v.18, n.4, 1999, pp.38-39.
Transients or citizens: The economics of the transition to adulthood (Youth Research Centre report), by P. Dwyer and F. Stewart.
v.9, n.4, 1990, pp.52-54.
Student income support in higher education: A private commodity or a public good?, by I. McShane.
v.9, n.1, 1990, pp.30-38.
Becoming adults: The effects of prolonged dependence on young people, by F. Maas.
v.9, n.1, 1990, pp.24-29.
Changing entitlements for the young unemployed, by J. Trethewey and O. Burston
'Youth Studies and Abstracts: Bulletin of the National Clearinghouse for Youth Studies', 1989 v.8 n.2, pp.45-50.
The young homeless allowance: Time for review, by R. Hartley and F. Maas.
v.7 n.1, 1998, pp.33-38, by The abolition of junior unemployment benefit: Who should bear the cost?, by F. Maas
'Youth Studies and Abstracts: Bulletin of the National Clearinghouse for Youth Studies', 1987 v.6 n.3, pp.14-16.
Secondary allowances: A case study in youth income support, by P. O'Donoghue
'Youth Studies and Abstracts: Bulletin of the National Clearinghouse for Youth Studies', 1986 v.6 n.2, pp.35-37.
Unsupported students - still on the outside, by F. Maas
'Youth Studies and Abstracts: Bulletin of the National Clearinghouse for Youth Studies', 1987 v.6 n.2, pp.12-15.
Keeping income support on the youth policy agenda, by F. Maas
'Youth Studies and Abstracts: Bulletin of the National Clearinghouse for Youth Studies', 1986 v.6 n.1, pp.2-5.
The young homeless allowance: A review, by R. Fopp
'Youth Studies and Abstracts: Bulletin of the National Clearinghouse for Youth Studies', 1986 v.5 n.3, pp.2-6.
Costs of children
The latest report in this series was released in late July 2007. Commissioned by the Ministerial Taskforce on Child Support, it is a collection of three reports by Paul Henman, Richard Percival and Ann Harding, Matthew Gray of the Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs. It contains information on the estimated costs of children in Australian families in 2005–2006, updated costs of children using Australian budget standards; and a review of methodological issues and Australian estimates concerning the costs of children. The full text is at: <a href="http://www.facs.gov.au/internet/facsinternet.nsf/research/ops-ops18.htm">http://www.facs.gov.au/internet/facsinternet.nsf/research/ops-ops18.htm</a>
by Jon Stebbins and Tervour Batrouney; funded by the William Buckland Foundation; published in July 2007 by Compassionate Friends Victoria Inc. This research report provides bereaved parents, governments, community agencies and business organisations with findings on the impact on families of the death of a child and recommendations directed to greater understanding and improved support services by these bodies, has just been released.
PDF of the summary report or get there via: http://preview.tinyurl.com/yslmzc