Scams have increasingly become an issue being felt by Indigenous peoples and ICAN has long been aware that scammers have been targeting people living in remote Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities. ICAN has… Read more »
The Financial Counsellors Association of Queensland has today called on all political parties to commit to funding a dedicated financial counselling program in Queensland. Queensland is the only State or Territory in Australia that… Read more »
Our consumer advocacy work continues to yield significant outcomes for Indigenous consumers. A number of court matters and enforcement activities came to fruition this year, due to ICAN alerting consumer regulators of systemic consumer… Read more »
ICAN will provide outreach financial literacy training to remote communities across North Queensland and the Torres Strait in 2015 in a new program funded by Financial Literacy Australia. The Grants Program run by Financial… Read more »
Do you want to increase your professional skill base in 2015? Enhance your financial counselling competencies through continued professional development in a supported learning environment? ICAN is currently accepting applications for scholarship placements for… Read more »
In the Yarrabah Aboriginal community, located 45 minutes south of Cairns, ICAN offers a unique training program to provide community residents with pathways to home ownership. For Ailsa Lively, a Yarrabah resident and CEO… Read more »
The Indigenous Legal Needs Project is a national study into civil and family law need of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. In October, the ILNP released a written report of its Queensland findings,… Read more »
ICAN has provided the No Interest Loan Scheme to the Yarrabah and Palm Island communities for over 5 years and our clients from these communities have been able to access white goods and household… Read more »