In 2016 Scamwatch received more reports than ever of scammers approaching their victims through social networking sites. Victims reported losing over $9.5 million to social media scams last year – almost three times more… Read more »
The Federal Court has today fined Cairns-based lender, Channic Pty Ltd (Channic), broker Cash Brokers Pty Ltd (Cash Brokers) and the sole director of both companies, Mr Colin William Hulbert, a total of $776000… Read more »
Have you ever felt like you had to buy something just to get away from a pushy sales person? Or have you had someone knock at your door selling something that you didn’t want… Read more »
ICAN has just released its interim evaluation report on our Yarnin’ Money financial capability training program. The report discusses the evaluation progress to date on the Yarnin’ Money training program, delivered to twelve remote… Read more »
On International Women’s Day, the Queensland financial counselling sector celebrated the long-standing financial counselling career of Susan Cook, the first Aboriginal financial counsellor to enter the sector and pave the way for other Indigenous… Read more »
ICAN welcomes the announcement of the Palaszczuk Government’s $25 million Better Budgeting program funding to support financial counselling and resilience initiatives across Queensland. Earlier this month, Communities Minister Shannon Fentiman launched the Better Budget… Read more »
The Office of Fair Trading has just launched the 2017 Buy Smart Competition. Buy Smart is a chance for young people from schools and community groups to learn about their rights and responsibilities as… Read more »
In 2017, ICAN is embarking on its ‘Reconnection Tour’, to assist pensioners across Cape York and the Torres Strait, to access electricity rebates offered to them under government concession arrangements. Many remote communities in… Read more »