Last week, ICAN staff attended the 2016 National Consumer Congress and the Ruby Hutchison Memorial Lecture, hosted by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC). This year’s theme: “A fit-for-purpose consumer law? The Australian… Read more »
ICAN’s financial counselling and capability team headed down to the Financial Counselling Association of Queensland (FCAQ) annual conference at Cloudlands in Brisbane earlier this month. The venue’s spectacular chandeliers, spiraling staircases and surreal wall… Read more »
by Fiona Guthrie Culture, it seems, is the new black. We’re all talking about it. This week’s ASIC annual forum is themed culture shock, David Gonski is worried ASIC is becoming the culture police and… Read more »
Indigenous radio station, 98.9fm, in partnership with Financial Literacy Australia is developing a radio campaign aimed at increasing the financial know-how of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in south-east Queensland. The campaign, called… Read more »
In the lead up to our 2016 Indigenous Financial Counselling Mentorship Program Graduation, we feature two students of its “Indigenous Financial Counselling Mentorship Program” in every edition of the ICAN E-News. In Part 5… Read more »
When someone comes to your door to sell you something, you have extra rights as a consumer. You don’t have to buy anything you don’t want to, and you can tell the salesperson to leave… Read more »
In the lead up to our 2016 Indigenous Financial Counselling Mentorship Program Graduation, we feature two students of its “Indigenous Financial Counselling Mentorship Program” in every edition of the ICAN E-News. In Part 4 of… Read more »
After the hustle and bustle of holiday shopping and sales, the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) is reminding consumers of their rights and warning them to be wary of unfair business practices. Fair Trading… Read more »