Yarnin’ Energy at NAIDOC
In this episode, Alex catches up with Sinead and Libby from ICAN’s Yarnin’ Energy Team at the Cairns NAIDOC celebrations.
Tag: Aboriginal
Youpla Support Program Launches
The Youpla Support Program phone line, designed to support First Nations people impacted by the collapse of funeral insurance provider the Youpla Group, opened for incoming calls on 1July 2024. The Youpla Group, also… Read more »
The Price is Not Right!
As a provider of education, advocacy, and financial counselling services to people across North and Far North Queensland, ICAN recently provided a submission to the Inquiry into Supermarket Pricing in Queensland. Our submission focused… Read more »
Indigenous scholarships change lives, just ask ICAN’s Fred Savage
Fred Savage, ICAN Thrive Financial Capability Trainee This month we yarn with ICAN Thrive’s Financial Capability Trainee, Fred Savage, who swapped his demanding job as a chef for a new career, and reclaimed the… Read more »
Lessons from the Past
With the Senate currently considering bank closures in regional Australia, ICAN has reflected on the lessons it has learned over many years from talking to people in regional and remote communities about the barriers… Read more »
A Day of Action
The Save Sorry Business Coalition met in Canberra this week to get money returned to the thousands of people harmed by the Youpla collapse. The coalition comprised First Nations representatives from consumer organisations and… 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 »