This time last year, ICAN E-News reported on the financial counselling case complexity experienced in our Townsville office due to the dramatic economic downturn in the region. With significant media attention on Australia’s housing… Read more »
A solar and air-conditioning marketing business in north Queensland has paid a penalty of $10,800 following an investigation by the Office of Fair Trading (OFT). The director of Oz Solar Needs Pty Ltd and… Read more »
Queensland Office of Fair Trading officers were recently presented with an award for their work on the Do-Not-knock informed Community project, winning the ‘Innovation’ category at the Department of Justice and Attorney-General Staff Excellence… Read more »
Tableland Community NILS and ICAN have joined forces to tackle financial exclusion throughout the Tablelands Region by combining organisational expertise and programs. On receiving funding from the Queensland Government’s Financial Inclusion Program, ICAN has… Read more »
(Re-posted from Good Shepherd Microfinance – Shifting the Dial on Financial Inclusion and Resilience for Indigenous Consumers July 7, 2017) As the 60th anniversary of the NAIDOC week celebrations rolls in, it is timely… Read more »
ICAN is pleased to announce the launch of ICAN Learn, our registered training organisation (RTO). The milestone is the realisation of a dream shared at opposite ends of Australia’s east coast. It was our … Read more »
ICAN is one of 30 trailblazer organisations to join the Financial Inclusion Action Plan (FIAP) partnership group. Group partners include essential services providers, professional services, banks, universities, government agencies and community organisations, all jointly… Read more »
ICAN Learn is now accepting scholarship applications for two concurrent Diploma of Financial Counselling courses: the Indigenous Financial Counselling Mentorship Program and the Multi-Cultural Scholarship Program, to be delivered in 2017-2019. Indigenous Financial Counselling… Read more »