Indigenous consumers living in remote areas of Australia are often paying $20 – $40 per fortnight (or more) in ATM fees, significantly reducing the amount they can spend on food and other essential items.… Read more »
The ICAN team from Cairns, Yarrabah, Palm Island and Thursday Island met at the Paradise Palms Resort last month for our annual workshop. The intensive three-day workshop included presentations from organisation partners James Cook… Read more »
The National Austalia Bank (NAB) has produced a series of online videos entitled the Indigenous Affairs Master Class. NAB’s Indigenous Affairs Master Class is an on-line forum which provides leader’s insights into key topics… Read more »
The Indigenous Consumer Assistance Network Ltd (ICAN) would like to highlight a recent essay entitled, Cultural disconnection – EDR Schemes and Indigenous Australia. Mike Collins, author of the essay has a long-standing working relationship… Read more »
Kick start your career and contribute to the welfare of Australian consumers, business and the wider community by joining Australia’s peak competition and consumer protection agency. The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) is… Read more »
This Anti Poverty Week, community organisations throughout Queensland are calling for an extension of the state government-funded NILS Expansion Project. The project funds the development, support and expansion of NILS programs across Queensland. NILS,… Read more »
The Indigenous Consumer Assistance Network Ltd (ICAN) and the Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA) are creating pathways to up-skill Indigenous people in financial counseling. The ICAN Indigenous Financial Counseling Mentorship Program provides support to… Read more »
An exciting new program is sparking interest in financial literacy on Thursday Island (T.I.), the business centre and gateway to the eighteen islands spanning across the Torres Strait. In a partnership with Mura Kosker… Read more »