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title: "Rural Financial Counselling Service, Australia-wide · unclaimd"
description: "Free, confidential help with money for farmers, fishers and foresters in or near financial hardship. Free and confidential. Check the conditions and apply on agriculture.gov.au."
url: "https://unclaimd.org/support/national-rural-financial-counselling/"
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# Rural Financial Counselling Service

Free, confidential help with money for farmers, fishers and foresters in or near financial hardship.

- Support available: Free and confidential
- Type of support: Free service

[Visit official site](https://www.agriculture.gov.au/agriculture-land/farm-food-drought/drought/rural-financial-counselling-service)

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## What you need to check

Rural financial counsellors help farmers, fishers, foresters and small related businesses that are struggling with money, or may soon. They help with budgets, cash flow, talking to lenders and applying for other help, such as Farm Household Allowance. It is free and confidential. Counsellors do not give legal or financial product advice.

This is a short summary. Other rules may apply, like income or where you live. Check the full rules with the agency that runs it.

## About this source

We last reviewed this listing on 5 Nov 2026. We last checked the official page on 5 Nov 2026.

Our automatic check only sees whether the page is there or has changed. It is not a check of the rules.

## How to apply

Phone the national line on 1300 771 741 to reach your nearest rural financial counsellor.

[Visit official site](https://www.agriculture.gov.au/agriculture-land/farm-food-drought/drought/rural-financial-counselling-service)

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