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Living in Australia

What Help Can You Get?

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Who can Use the SGP?

You can receive help under the SGP if you came to live in Australia in the last five years and:

  • are a humanitarian entrant
  • came to live with your family and your English is at a low level
  • belong to a group with large numbers of people still coming from your homeland
  • are a dependent of a skilled migrant living in a regional or rural area and your English is at a low level

How Can Organisations Help You?

Organisations can help you get information about other services available to help you with your daily needs, such as:

  • learn to speak English
  • find a house to live in
  • find a job
  • find people to care for your children
  • enrol your children in school
  • go to the doctor

Organisations also:

  • help new community groups get started
  • work with other service providers to provide culturally appropriate services to you

To Get Help

Click on the link below to find an organisation to help you close to where you live.
See: Where to Go for Help