The ICAN Townsville office opened on 1 July just as Townsville was being announced as the insolvency capital of Australia, recording an 11.5 per cent increase in personal insolvencies in the June quarter. The… Read more »
ICAN staff in Cairns and Townsville recently underwent training through its “Yarnin’ Money” Program, to become trainers in the new outreach program aimed at providing financial literacy tools and skills for local service providers… Read more »
Seventeen Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people from across Australia came together in Cairns last month for the first face-to-face training week under the 2015-2016 “Indigenous Financial Counselling Mentorship Program.” In this edition, ICAN… Read more »
Earlier this month ICAN Services Manager, Bettina Addo headed to Darwin to participate in the Indigenous Focus Day preceding the fourth Broadband for the Bush Forum. The day was run by the Indigenous Remote… Read more »
Since 2009, ICAN has recognised the benefits of supervision for both staff and the organisation. In recognition of these benefits, ICAN has embedded supervision frameworks into its organisational culture. Professional supervision, which includes consideration of… Read more »
ICAN E-News is celebrating its tenth anniversary of providing monthly updates on our activities, partner announcements and consumer tips. What started out as a PDF publication sent to a small consumer and financial literacy… Read more »
Consumer groups say draft legislation to ban rent-to-buy goods providers from Centrepay (Centrelink’s service that allows third parties to receive direct payment from welfare payments) is an essential step to protect vulnerable Australians from… Read more »
The ICAN team visited the Northern Peninsula Area (NPA) located at the top of Cape York last week, to deliver the first training session under Yarnin’ Money, a new outreach program aimed at providing… Read more »