Re-posted with permission of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation By Sharnie Kim A former used car salesman who was fined $1.2 million for repeatedly signing up poor, Indigenous people in far north Queensland to exorbitant… Read more »
Hi! My name is Noema Mahutariki, I work for the Benevolent Society in Cairns as a Community Development Officer and Saver Plus Co-ordinator and have recently started studying for my Diploma of Financial Counselling… Read more »
The Big Super Day Out is coming to Fogarty Park, Cairns on Friday the 6th of July as part of the NAIDOC week events. The ICAN team is excited to partner with this deadly… Read more »
Meeting on the lands of the Mouheneenner people in Hobart, the 2018 Financial Counselling Australia conference’s tone was set with an amazing welcome to country presented by Kartanya Maynard. The self-confessed diva beautifully sang… Read more »
By Carmen Daniels, Researcher & Eddie Buli, Business & Sector Development Officer Earlier this month, ICAN was invited to Vancouver, Canada, to participate in the ABLE Financial Empowerment conference, hosted by Prosper Canada. The… Read more »
ICAN first heard that the Queensland Government had agreed to pay $30 million and apologise to Palm Island residents as a Federal Court class action settlement on the 1st of May. The settlement addressed… Read more »
In the lead up to our 2019 Graduation, ICAN will be featuring scholarship winners of its “Indigenous Financial Counselling Mentorship Program” in the ICAN E-News. The third national program, is the first being delivered… Read more »
Eddie Buli and Carmen Hegarty from the Yarnin’ Money team have been clocking up the miles again in April, crisscrossing the country from Cairns delivering training for “Yarnin’ Money with the Mob”, and “Yarnin’… Read more »