A helpful list of who you should contact.
Below is a list of people and organisations who may need to be contacted after someone has passed away.
- Accident Insurance
- Accountant
- Ambulance Service
- Australian Taxation Office
- Banks, Building Societies
- Chemist
- Church or Religious Organisation
- Clubs, Organisations & Associations
- Companies (e.g. Directorships)
- Credit Card Providers
- Credit Unions
- Dentist
- Doctor, Specialist or Hospital
- Driver’s Licence Issuer
- Electricity
- Employer/former Employer
- Executor of Will
- Financial Institutions or Loan Company
- Gardening Services
- Gas
- Health Insurance Fund
- Home Appliance Rental
- Home and Contents Insurance
- Home Delivery (e.g. Newspapers)
- Home Nursing Help
- Household Help
- Internet Service Provider
- Landlord
- Library
- Life Insurance
- Magazine, newspaper or other subscriptions
- Meals on Wheels
- Medicare
- Optometrist
- Pay TV Company
- Post Office
- Professional Association
- Roadside Assistance Company (NRMA, RACV)
- School, College, University
- Service Organisations (Rotary, Lions etc)
- Solicitor or Public Trustee
- Superannuation Fund
- Telephone Company
- Trade Union
- Vehicle Insurance
- Vehicle Registration
- Veterinary Surgeon
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