Scams It’s Personal
This year’s National Consumer Fraud Week is all about you. Running from 7 to 13 March, Scams: It’s Personal focuses on the personal side and impact of scams, and how we can fight fraud… Read more »
ICAN News
REMOTE INDIGENOUS CONSUMERS STUNG BY HIGH ATM FEES
Indigenous consumers living in remote areas of Australia are often paying $20 – $40 per fortnight (or more) in ATM fees, significantly reducing the amount they can spend on food and other essential items.… Read more »
ICAN Workshop a Success
The ICAN team from Cairns, Yarrabah, Palm Island and Thursday Island met at the Paradise Palms Resort last month for our annual workshop. The intensive three-day workshop included presentations from organisation partners James Cook… Read more »
NAB’s Indigenous Affairs Master Class
The National Austalia Bank (NAB) has produced a series of online videos entitled the Indigenous Affairs Master Class. NAB’s Indigenous Affairs Master Class is an on-line forum which provides leader’s insights into key topics… Read more »
Cultural disconnection- EDR Schemes and Indigenous Australia
The Indigenous Consumer Assistance Network Ltd (ICAN) would like to highlight a recent essay entitled, Cultural disconnection – EDR Schemes and Indigenous Australia. Mike Collins, author of the essay has a long-standing working relationship… Read more »
ACCC – Indigenous Graduate Program 2011
Kick start your career and contribute to the welfare of Australian consumers, business and the wider community by joining Australia’s peak competition and consumer protection agency. The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) is… Read more »
A Time for Expansion
This Anti Poverty Week, community organisations throughout Queensland are calling for an extension of the state government-funded NILS Expansion Project. The project funds the development, support and expansion of NILS programs across Queensland. NILS,… Read more »
ICAN and CBA Lead the Way for Indigenous Financial Counseling
The Indigenous Consumer Assistance Network Ltd (ICAN) and the Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA) are creating pathways to up-skill Indigenous people in financial counseling. The ICAN Indigenous Financial Counseling Mentorship Program provides support to… Read more »