Indigenous consumers lost more than $1.2 million to scammers last year according to the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission’s 2015 Targeting Scams Report – an increase of nearly 65 per cent compared to 2014.… Read more »
In the lead up to our 2016 Indigenous Financial Counselling Mentorship Program Graduation, we feature two students of its “Indigenous Financial Counselling Mentorship Program” in every edition of the ICAN E-News. In Part 6… Read more »
An Australia-first community partnership was launched in Wujal Wujal yesterday with the unveiling of roadside signage designed to minimise consumer harm from unlawful door-to-door trade. The signage, placed on both entrances into the Far… Read more »
Expressions of interest for the 2016 round of Financial Literacy Australia Grants are now open. The closing date is 30 May 2016. The Financial Literacy Australia (FLA) Grants program supports not-for-profit organisations to advance financial literacy in… Read more »
Last week, ICAN staff attended the 2016 National Consumer Congress and the Ruby Hutchison Memorial Lecture, hosted by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC). This year’s theme: “A fit-for-purpose consumer law? The Australian… Read more »
ICAN’s financial counselling and capability team headed down to the Financial Counselling Association of Queensland (FCAQ) annual conference at Cloudlands in Brisbane earlier this month. The venue’s spectacular chandeliers, spiraling staircases and surreal wall… Read more »
by Fiona Guthrie Culture, it seems, is the new black. We’re all talking about it. This week’s ASIC annual forum is themed culture shock, David Gonski is worried ASIC is becoming the culture police and… Read more »
Indigenous radio station, 98.9fm, in partnership with Financial Literacy Australia is developing a radio campaign aimed at increasing the financial know-how of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in south-east Queensland. The campaign, called… Read more »