The e-safety Commissions Be Connected program is designed to help navigate online banking. Website available here.
For information on what support services and information please click on the links below.
- Power of Attorneys - We have made it easy to find the information you need to know about giving someone access to your accounts or what we require so you can manage someone else’s banking. If you would like to get general information on Power of Attorneys to understand:
- the different types of power of attorneys you can put in place on your accounts.
- how power of attorney arrangement will work on your account.
- how to revoke an existing power of attorney or appointed a new attorney on your accounts.
Please click on the “Power of Attorney (POA) & Authorities” website for more information.
- Online safety: Be Connected program - The e-Safety Commission’s Be Connected program is designed to help older people navigate online banking.
- Power of attorney, guardianship and administration
- Australian Banking Association Fact Sheet - Contains information about how to set up a Power of Attorney to help manage your banking needs, as well as how to protect yourself from financial abuse.
- The Australian Guardianship and Administration Council - The website has links to State and Territory agencies with information on power of attorney documents and other guardianship issues.
- Safe-and-Savvy-web.pdf (ausbanking.org.au) - A guide to help older people avoid abuse, scams and fraud.
- Supported decision making
- ADACAS Advocacy - information on how to make supported decisions and the toolkit.
- The Cognitive Decline Partnership Centre: Supporting Decision-Making Handbook - for people living with dementia, family members and carers which contains resources for supported decision making