You Decide Who Decides

Introduction

You Decide Who Decides is a guide about important things to think about before making an enduring power for financial decisions. An enduring power for financial decisions is a legal document that helps you plan for your future. In it you can appoint a trusted person (or more than one person).

It’s an ‘enduring power of attorney’ throughout Australia, except in the Northern Territory, where it’s an ‘Advance Personal Plan’.

It’s important to plan ahead because life can be unpredictable.  Making an enduring power for financial decisions is a way to plan for the future that is available to all adults in Australia.

If you decide to make one, take time to think about what is important to you and who you want to appoint. For example, are you a First Nations person? Is it important to you to take time to have a yarn about your future financial decisions?  Find out more in this short video.

 Videos

You Decide Who Decides introduction video

This short video is an introduction to the You Decide Who Decides guide.

How to make one in your state or territory

See the You Decide Who Decides guide for an overview of options for how to make an enduring power for financial decisions in your state or territory.

Download the guide

Download the You Decide Who Decides guide to find out more about important things to think about before making an enduring power for financial decisions. Click here

Keep in mind:

• To make an enduring power for financial decisions, you need to have decision-making capacity to make it and be making it voluntarily.

• You can cancel an enduring power for financial decisions at any time, as long as you have decision-making capacity to do so.

The You Decide Who Decides guide and short videos have been developed by the Australian Guardianship and Administration Council through a project funded by the Australian Attorney-General’s Department.