As we celebrate the half-way point in our three-year Yarnin’ Money program, ICAN reflects on the opportunities and challenges we’ve faced in developing and delivering a culture-centred financial literacy training program to remote communities… Read more »
Earlier this month ICAN and the Consumer Action Law Centre put out a joint media release expressing disappointment in the Federal Court’s decision to allow for the continued exploitation of Indigenous Australians through dud… Read more »
To mark NAIDOC Week (3-10 July 2016), ASIC has released a new series of videos designed to help Indigenous consumers with key money decisions. They encourage people to take time to think things over… Read more »
A Federal Court decision has allowed for the continued exploitation of Indigenous Australians through dud Funeral Insurance schemes. For years, low income Indigenous communities have been targeted using the Department of Human Service’s bill… Read more »
Earlier this month, Indigenous Financial Counselling Mentorship Program participants celebrated their graduation in Cairns, when fifteen students received their Diploma of Community Services (Financial Counselling). The second national Mentorship program was delivered over a… Read more »
Supplied by our friends at Consumer Action Law Centre DemandARefund.com could help you get money back from junk insurance and rubbish warranties for you or your clients. What are we talking about? The… Read more »
The Financial Counsellor’s Association of Queensland (FCAQ) welcomes the Palaszczuk Government’s new Financial Resilience Program in the 2016/17 Budget. We look forward to working with the state government to understand how the Queensland financial… Read more »
A new video celebrating the legacy of Jan Pentland was launched at the annual Financial Counselling Australia (FCA) conference in Adelaide earlier this month. Jan Pentland’s involvement and commitment to financial counselling and to… Read more »