1. Apply for a Tax File Number (TFN)

Telephone: 13 2861
Translating and Interpreting Service: 13 1450 – 24 hours

Apply for a tax file number online:
https://www.ato.gov.au/Individuals/Tax-file-number/Apply-for-a-TFN/

Website: www.ato.gov.au

2. Register with Medicare

Telephone: 13 2011

How to enrol:
https://www.humanservices.gov.au/individuals/enablers/how-enrol-or-re-enrol-medicare

Reciprocal Health Care: https://www.humanservices.gov.au/individuals/services/medicare/reciprocal-health-care-agreements

Website: www.medicareaustralia.gov.au

3. Beginning a life in Australia

All the information (plus more) is available here:
https://www.dss.gov.au/sites/default/files/documents/02_2014/eng_access.pdf

4. Mobile phone/internet

Regulation and identification checks for anyone purchasing a mobile phone.
https://www.legislation.gov.au/Details/F2017L00399/Html/Text#_Toc478627156

We recommend planning to purchase a new mobile phone as soon as possible after arriving. With so many things to organise, it can make your settlement a little more challenging, if people can’t get hold of you, and vice versa.

When the required paperwork is presented at the telephone shop to open a new pre-paid mobile account, we trust that the three steps listed below will allow you to meet the strict government requirements to purchase a mobile phone on your arrival in Australia.

Before you arrive:

  • Apply for a tax file number (TFN);
  • Open a bank account;
  • If you are able to nominate a residential address (for example, a relative etc), you can register it with the Australian Tax Office (ATO) and on bank statements.

5. Private health care

http://www.health.gov.au/internet/main/publishing.nsf/Content/private-1

6. Immigration department

https://www.border.gov.au/Trav

7. Emergency services

In an emergency, dial 000

  • Police
  • Ambulance
  • Fire Brigade

8. Purchasing a car – ownership check (“REVS”)

https://www.revs.com.au/?utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=618845903&utm_term=%2Bcar%20%2Bcheck&utm_content=102348262526

9. Socket amps (power plugs)

In Australia, the power sockets are of Type I. The standard voltage is 230 V and the standard frequency is 50 Hz (see below graphics).