As we celebrate our tenth year of incorporation, Queensland moves into a new era of financial inclusion. We are pleased that one of our guiding philosophies; ‘we can achieve greater social impact in our… Read more »
By Dan Purves Reprinted with permission of Investment Magazine In January 2016, a woman from a remote Indigenous community aged in her early fifties contacted Financial Counselling Australia looking for help. She was desperate… Read more »
Adapted from an original article by our friends at Consumer Action Law Centre It is not often that consumer advocates and the credit industry see eye to eye. Money worries keep many Australians… Read more »
As we come to an end of another year, we reflect on how ICAN has carried out our mission of Empowering Indigenous Consumers, over the last twelve months… In partnership with the Wujal Wujal… Read more »
ICAN had the pleasure of hosting Professor Jerry Buckland from the Canadian University of Winnipeg last month. Professor Buckland stopped in Cairns as part of an international study tour of Australia and New Zealand,… Read more »
Supplied by Good Shepherd Microfinance Leaders from government, business, education and the community sectors have come together to announce collective action to improve financial inclusion and resilience which could contribute an estimated $2.9 billion… Read more »
In August, ICAN shared with readers its plans for moving towards creating our social enterprise. We continue on our journey to develop ICAN Learn, a registered training organisation (RTO) focused on increasing professional development… Read more »
ICAN Financial Counsellors, Unaisi Buli and Martina Kingi packed their bags and headed down to Melbourne earlier this month to participate in the second ever Indigenous Superannuation Summit organised by the Australian Institute of… Read more »