ICAN welcomes the announcement of the Palaszczuk Government’s $25 million Better Budgeting program funding to support financial counselling and resilience initiatives across Queensland. Earlier this month, Communities Minister Shannon Fentiman launched the Better Budget… Read more »
The Office of Fair Trading has just launched the 2017 Buy Smart Competition. Buy Smart is a chance for young people from schools and community groups to learn about their rights and responsibilities as… Read more »
In 2017, ICAN is embarking on its ‘Reconnection Tour’, to assist pensioners across Cape York and the Torres Strait, to access electricity rebates offered to them under government concession arrangements. Many remote communities in… Read more »
Extend your skills, become a leader of change in your community! ICAN Learn, as the new social enterprise training arm of ICAN is offering a fantastic opportunity for you to become a professional financial… Read more »
The Financial Counsellors’ Association of Queensland (FCAQ) executive team have outdone themselves this year, holding the annual state conference at the Sheraton Mirage, Port Douglas between the 7 -9 March. Check out the conference… Read more »
As we celebrate our tenth year of incorporation, Queensland moves into a new era of financial inclusion. We are pleased that one of our guiding philosophies; ‘we can achieve greater social impact in our… Read more »
By Dan Purves Reprinted with permission of Investment Magazine In January 2016, a woman from a remote Indigenous community aged in her early fifties contacted Financial Counselling Australia looking for help. She was desperate… Read more »
Adapted from an original article by our friends at Consumer Action Law Centre It is not often that consumer advocates and the credit industry see eye to eye. Money worries keep many Australians… Read more »