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Own your own home with the Victorian Homebuyer Fund
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Own your own home with the Victorian Homebuyer Fund
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The Victorian Homebuyer Fund is designed to help eligible homebuyers who might otherwise be priced out of the housing market. Sound exciting? It kind of is. Live in Victoria? This one’s for you. Here’s what it’s all about, and if it’s right for you.

The Victorian Homebuyer Fund is designed to help eligible homebuyers who might otherwise be priced out of the housing market. Sound exciting? It kind of is. Live in Victoria? This one’s for you. Here’s what it’s all about, and if it’s right for you.

How a Bank Australia grant has helped build ‘possum palaces’ in the Barossa
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Increasing accessible housing in regional Australia through impact lending
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Empowering Australian communities to slash climate pollution
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Positive change for people and the planet: our 2024 Impact Report
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Using carbon markets to support First Nations self-determination in Kepa Kurl (Esperance), WA
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How Ashley and Julia built their off-grid, energy-efficient solar passive house
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How the Victorian Homebuyer Fund helped this young couple find their dream home
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Drumroll, please: announcing our 2024 community customer grants recipients
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Education, hope and action: How Climate Fresk is changing the climate conversation
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Meet Project Respect, one of our community customer grant recipients
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How Goodbye Gas is making home electrification easy
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“Express your interest!”: The Bunya Fund, growing the next generation of co-operatives
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How ASTERIA Services is reshaping lives on the tennis court
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High Life Expo 2024: Sharing sustainable solutions for apartment living
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Women’s Housing Limited: making a difference for women at risk of homelessness
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Reflecting on community resilience: 10 years after Hazelwood
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Sustainable home design: Milieu’s Park Street project
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Meet WELA, one of our 2023 community customer grant recipients
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How to keep pets (and native animals) safe in extreme heat
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Why does a bank have a climate action strategy manager?
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Power up your purpose with these 13 ethical New Year’s resolutions
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Yule love these tips for a super sustainable holiday season
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Meet Woor-Dungin, one of our 2023 community customer grant recipients
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Affordable housing: working towards a sustainable future with CHL
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Meet Bram, Bank Australia’s nature and biodiversity manager
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How a Bank Australia grant has helped build ‘possum palaces’ in the Barossa
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Rock Camp Canberra: an inclusive music space where young people can make some noise
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Top drawer trailblazers: Underwear for Humanity make great undies with great impact
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Meet the customers who helped choose this year’s community grant recipients
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Visiting Minimay and Salvana: our conservation reserve staff trip
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Own your own home with the Victorian Homebuyer Fund
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2023: Marking the first anniversary of our climate action strategy
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We’re the first Australian bank to set a validated 2030 science-based emissions reduction target
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Helping make a dream home a reality
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Supporting specialist disability accommodation
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The Kulkarnis were new to Australia. Here’s how they found their dream home.
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You can watch ‘The Dreamlife of Georgie Stone’ on Netflix
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15 years of community housing
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Nightingale Anstey
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Providing a safe space for people living with disabilities
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How our Clean Energy Home Loan helped build a dream home
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How much did this sustainable home cost to build and run?
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What’s a Property Collective, and how can it help home buyers?
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Welcome to the housing development that prioritises nature
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Providing housing choice for Australians who have a disability
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Using social enterprise to fund affordable housing for women
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What is Passive House (Passivhaus) design?
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How Bank Australia is helping Meg and Pat get their house off gas
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How Tunde bought his first home with Indigenous Business Australia
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How SHE Thrives is empowering African-Australian women to reach their business goals
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Bank Australia updates on security, rates, people, reporting and more.

Money systems
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Unpacking the business of economics and banking in straightforward terms.

Causes
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The climate crisis, fossil fuels, a progressive society, affordable housing and more.

Taking action
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The world won’t listen without action. See what you can do to drive positive change.

Impact stories
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Bank Australia customers and allies doing great things for people and planet.

Finance how-to's
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How to make the right choices for you and manage money with more confidence.