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Useful Resources Links

GOVERNMENT ASSISTANCE
Department of Agriculture                                                              
http://www.agriculture.gov.au/ag-farm-food
Centrelink                                                                                                   
http://www.humanservices.gov.au/customer/dhs/centrelink
Rural Finance                                                                                           
http://www.ruralfinance.com.au/
Department of Environment, Land, Water & Planning  
http://delwp.vic.gov.au/
Agriculture in Victoria                                                                        
http://agriculture.vic.gov.au/agriculture  
Dairy Farmer Central                                                                          
http://www.dairyfarmercentral.com.au/
Victorian Small Business Commissioner                               
http://www.vsbc.vic.gov.au/
Primary Producers – Business Concessions                        
https://www.ato.gov.au/Business/Primary-producers/
Regional Development Victoria                                                  
http://www.rdv.vic.gov.au/
Department of Human Services                                                  
http://www.dhs.vic.gov.au/home

INDUSTRY ORGANISATION
GRDC – Victoria Crop Guides                                                         
 http://www.nvtonline.com.au/crop-guides/vic/
National Farmers’ Federation                                                      
http://www.nff.org.au/
Victorian Farmers Federation                                                      
http://www.vff.org.au/
Victorian Young Farmers                                                                  
http://www.vyf.org.au/
Australian Women in Agriculture                                               
http://awia.org.au/
 
WATER AUTHORITIES
Australian Government Water Leadership                         
http://www.environment.gov.au/topics/water/australian-government-water-leadership
Wannon Water                                                                                       
https://www.wannonwater.com.au/
Victorian Water Register                                                                 
http://waterregister.vic.gov.au/
Barwon Water                                                                                         
https://www.barwonwater.vic.gov.au/
City West Water                                                                                     
http://www.citywestwater.com.au/
GWM Water                                                                                              
http://www.gwmwater.org.au/
Western Water                                                                                      
http://www.westernwater.com.au/Home
Southern Rural Water                                                                        
http://www.srw.com.au/


 
 
 
 
CLIMATE
Bureau of Meteorology                                                                      
http://www.bom.gov.au/
Elders Weather                                                                                      
 http://www.eldersweather.com.au/vic/
Weather Zone                                                                                         
 http://www.weatherzone.com.au/vic

CATCHMENT MANAGEMENT AUTHORITIES
Glenelg Hopkins CMA                                                                         
 http://www.ghcma.vic.gov.au/
Corangamite CMA                                                                                  
http://www.ccma.vic.gov.au/Home.aspx
Wimmera CMA                                                                                        
http://www.wcma.vic.gov.au/

OMBUDSMAN ORGANISATIONS
Energy and Water Ombudsman                                                    
http://www.ewov.com.au/
Personal Insolvency or Bankruptcy Advice                          
https://www.afsa.gov.au/debtors/bankruptcy  
Financial Ombudsman Service                                                      
http://fos.org.au/homepage/
Commonwealth Ombudsman                                                       
http://www.ombudsman.gov.au/
Australian Securities & Investment Commission           
http://www.asic.gov.au/  

PERSONAL SUPPORT AGENCIES
Beyond Blue                                                                                               
https://www.beyondblue.org.au/
The National Centre for Farmer Health                                   
http://www.farmerhealth.org.au/
The Country Women’s Association of Victoria                   
http://www.cwaofvic.org.au/
Victoria’s Mental Health Services                                             
http://www.health.vic.gov.au/mentalhealthservices/
Reach Out                                                                                                    
http://au.reachout.com/
Better Health 
​http://www.betterhealth.vic.gov.au/bhcv2/bhcarticles.nsf/pages/Rural_issues_coping_with_stress?open