FCVic has made a submission to the Select Committee on the Cost of Living. The cost of living pressures of recent years has created significant increased demand for financial counselling services, with reported wait times of over two months at many services. Financial counsellors are now seeing more and more middle-income earners who, for the first time, simply can’t afford to pay their bills.

Our submission focuses on areas that are relevant to our work in Victoria and is informed by what our members have told us about cost of living pressures experienced by vulnerable Victorians.

Our submission entails 16 recommendations to the Select Committee.