A new chapter is beginning for financial wellbeing support on Palm Island. ICAN is establishing the Palm Island Financial Wellbeing Hub, creating a permanent local presence that builds on years of financial counselling and… Read more »
Under new reporting requirements that came into effect on 30 June 2026, telcos are now reporting significant local outages[1] via unified and accessible public registers, creating a long-term public record of where outages have… Read more »
Supporting First Nations peoples to build confidence around money conversations requires more than financial knowledge, it requires culturally appropriate tools, practical resources and a strong understanding of community. That’s exactly what ANZ’s free MoneyBusiness… Read more »
The Indigenous Consumer Assistance Network (ICAN) has strongly welcomed the release of ASIC’s landmark report, Lifting the bonnet: ASIC’s review of car loans, which confirms longstanding concerns raised by ICAN about harmful practices in… Read more »
Distance can make support harder to reach for people experiencing financial abuse. At the recent Wujal Wujal Domestic and Family Violence Prevention Day March, The Yarn spoke with Deb Corbett from the Wujal Justice… Read more »
Members of ICAN’s Workforce Development team travelled to Darwin earlier this month to run the first Mobile Phone Filmmaking for Social Impact – “Scambling Awareness” course with project partner HK Training and Consultancy (HKTC).… Read more »
In an Australian-first, ICAN recently took representatives from six major banking organisations inside Lotus Glen Correctional Centre (LGCC) to hear directly from their incarcerated customers and correctional staff about the realities of accessing banking… Read more »
When it comes to tax, some people don’t know where to start, especially if things have fallen behind. That’s where the free JCU Tax Clinic steps in to help. The Yarn recently spoke with… Read more »