ICAN News

As 2017 was coming to a close, the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) re-authorised 15 banks to to provide fee-free usage at up to 85 selected ATMs in remote parts of the Northern… Read more »

2017 has been a very special year for ICAN. This year, we celebrated 10 years of incorporation and reflected upon our growth as a financial counselling, training and consumer advocacy organisation dedicated to Empowering… Read more »

This month, we feature Conrad Dwyer and Carmen Hegarty, the newest staff members to join the ICAN team! Hi, my name is Carmen Hegarty. I joined the ICAN team on the September 9th, 2017… Read more »

Re-posted with permission of Canstar, with thanks to Gerard Brody, Consumer Action Law Centre Opinion, by Gerard Brody The boom of ‘buy now pay later’ at popular retailers has been touted as a win… Read more »

Palm Island officially became a Do Not Knock informed community this month with the unveiling of new high-profile signage at a community event. The Do Not Knock program aims to deter unscrupulous door-to-door traders with prominent signage reminding… Read more »

  The third national Indigenous Financial Counselling Mentorship Program sponsored by the Commonwealth Bank commenced in Cairns on October the 16th, 2017. ICAN Learn Program Coordinator, Majella Anderson highlighted that the fifteen scholarship winners… Read more »

by Carmen Daniels & Aaron Davis Chasing buffalo and financial empowerment in the Canadian prairies became the theme of our recent fact-finding hunt. In his photographic quest to ‘get the shot’, ICAN’s CEO Aaron… Read more »

This month the Indigenous Consumer Assistance Network Ltd (ICAN) celebrates 10 years of incorporation and our continued vision of empowering Indigenous consumers. Starting out as a consumer affairs project housed within Queensland’s Aboriginal local… Read more »