Australia

Participating organisations: Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC), Hunter School of the Performing Arts, Royal Australian Mint Total number of participating organisations: 3 Number of children and young people reached directly: 253,864 Number of adults reached directly: 54,046 Number of people reached indirectly: 51,094

To support young people make money choices that work for them, the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) released a new online resource, Get Moneysmart. This resource is designed to make it easier for young people to manage their money and deepen their understanding of key money concepts and behaviours. Throughout Global Money Week, over 300,000 Australian young adults, parents and teachers were reached through social media channels.

Students from Hunter School of the Performing Arts participated in a financial literacy lesson, analysing an article written about the benefits of saving early for retirement. After discussion with their mathematics teacher, students were challenged to write their own article inspired by the stimulus piece. They were given several choices, or could negotiate their own topic.

Teachers then nominated student work to be published. These will be compiled into a community e-book, a third edition in the Money Talks series, available in the Hunter School of the Performing Arts website.