Tag: access
New Research Shines a Light on the Critical Role of Identification in Successful Reintegration
The Indigenous Consumer Assistance Network (ICAN) has officially launched its landmark Prison ID Project Research Report at Lotus Glen Correctional Centre, marking an important milestone in ICAN’s ongoing work to improve financial inclusion and… Read more »
Beyond ID: New Challenges in Prison Banking
The launch of ICAN’s Prison ID Report highlighted the important role identification plays in helping people leaving custody access services, return to community and rebuild their lives. Alongside this work, ICAN continues to work… Read more »
Access Denied
Distance can make support harder to reach for people experiencing financial abuse. At the recent Wujal Wujal Domestic and Family Violence Prevention Day March, The Yarn spoke with Deb Corbett from the Wujal Justice… 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 »
Food Insecurity
Prepping is no longer a pastime reserved for fringe doomsayers or northerners stocking up for the cyclone season. Over the past weeks COVID-19’s Omicron variant has brought the country’s food supply chain to its… Read more »
It’s Time to Reconnect
The current COVID-19 landscape has posed extreme new health threats to vulnerable Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities throughout Australia. Communities already struggling with limited access to services are now physically isolated, more than… Read more »