Last month, Ray Kent retired from his position as financial counsellor at the ICAN Money Management office located at Palm Island Aboriginal community in North Queensland, after a 22-year working career in Indigenous affairs. … Read more »
A cost-benefit analysis of financial counselling services funded by the Wyatt Trust in South Australia, has found that every $1 invested provides a $5 return. The research “Paying it Forward” was undertaken by the Australian… Read more »
The Traditional Credit Union opened a new branch in Tennant Creek on 17th March 2014-03-14. It comes as the organisation celebrates 20 years in business. In what started as a request by Traditional Owners… Read more »
Had trouble trying to return a faulty product, or simply cannot keep track of receipts for what you buy? The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) has a handy little tool to help. You can… Read more »
QLD Buy Smart Competition Did you know that more than 10 per cent of people who declare bankruptcy each year are under 25? Or, that 20 per cent of people under 18 have had… Read more »
Melanie Noble, a graduate of ICAN’s Indigenous Financial Counselling Mentorship Program, recently embarked on an adventure of a lifetime. Putting her qualification to good use, Ms Noble landed a financial counselling position in the… Read more »
ICAN is creating career pathways for its employees through the establishment of the ‘NQ Indigenous Consumer Taskforce’, a new financial literacy and consumer outreach program to address ongoing financial and consumer disadvantage experienced in… Read more »
ICAN financial counsellors are increasingly witnessing financial detriment caused by charity fundraising in Indigenous communities. Have you ever been approached for money at a shopping centre, in the street, at your house, on the… Read more »