How ready are you for cyclone season?
With the annual monsoon on track to arrive early this year, it’s time to get your 2022 emergency plan into place. Although the last couple of wet seasons in North Queensland have been AWOL,… Read more »
ICAN News
First Nations advocates welcome $7.2m in Budget for interim
The Save Sorry Business Coalition has welcomed the Federal Government’s initial $7.2 million Budget allocation for the Youpla Funeral Benefits Program. This interim scheme will help a small percentage of First Nations families affected… Read more »
Car sales in remote Indigenous communities, Part two: A broken system
Need to know Indigenous residents from remote communities in Far North Queensland are being sold dodgy cars from dealerships in Cairns The systems for redress when sold a lemon car are difficult to navigate… Read more »
Remote Indigenous communities left with broken cars and no redress: Part one
Need to know Remote Indigenous consumers in Far North Queensland are regularly being sold lemon cars In Wujal Wujal the impact of the dodgy car sales is widespread CHOICE speaks with Indigenous consumers who’ve… Read more »
Youpla Funeral Benefits Program
A 30 second #SaveSorryBusiness advertisement for the Australian Government’s Youpla Funeral Benefits Program. You can find out more about the program by calling 1800 296 989 or visiting their website at https://treasury.gov.au/youpla .
5 Minutes with Aimee Williams, ICAN’s new Financial Capability Trainee!
Aimee is a Barkindji woman from Menindee, far west NSW, now living in Cairns. She recently left a career in childcare to take up one of the CommBank and ICAN Learn Cert IV in… Read more »
60 CBA Scholarships to increase diversity in the Financial Counselling, Capability and Resilience sector
Over the next three years, ICAN and the Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CommBank) will provide 60 scholarship opportunities to advance career pathways for people from Indigenous and multicultural backgrounds in the Financial Counselling, Capability… Read more »
Truth telling at National Consumer Congress
Earlier this month, ICAN Director Daphne Naden gave a keynote address on the Indigenous Consumer Perspective at the National Consumer Congress in Sydney. Sharing the stage with Cynthia Gebert, Telecommunications Industry Ombudsman and the… Read more »