30/06/2020
ICAN and our social enterprise, ICAN Learn, would like to thank the Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA) for their ongoing commitment and continued partnership to support diversity, by building the representation of Indigenous and... Read more »
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22/06/2020
Thanks to BHP’s Vital Resources Fund, CQ Financial Counselling Services can now provide services across the entire Isaac region.
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10/06/2020
The ACCC is proposing to allow insurance companies and brokers to continue coordination and implementation of temporary COVID-19 relief measures for certain small businesses.
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27/05/2020
If you read our May E-News story, ‘Help ICAN and CHOICE make price gouging illegal!’, you’ll know that ICAN and CHOICE wrote a joint letter to the QLD Attorney General, proposing new legislation to... Read more »
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24/05/2020
The recent COVID-19 panic buying spree left most of us feeling frustrated and bewildered. More alarmingly, it left the elderly and our most vulnerable at risk of not having access to essential everyday items... Read more »
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24/05/2020
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 »
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20/05/2020
Thanks to BHP’s Vital Resources Fund, CQ Financial Counselling Services can now provide services across the entire Isaac region.
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14/05/2020
Domestic and Family Violence Prevention Month is an annual event held each May to raise community awareness of the social and personal impacts of domestic and family violence and the support available to those affected. The key aims of the month are to:
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08/05/2020
Unfortunately, as the effects of the Covid-19 virus in Australia have become increasingly serious, a number of scammers have sought to take advantage of consumers. The ACCC’s Consumer Consultative Committee (of which ICAN is... Read more »
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01/05/2020
ACOSS Media Release The Australian Council of Social Service welcomes the report of the Senate Inquiry into the Adequacy of Newstart. The Committee recommends that the JobSeeker (formerly Newstart), Youth Allowance and Parenting Payments... Read more »
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08/04/2020
We are three members of the Cairns Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community concerned about a number of issues in relation to the response for Covid 19 and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities... Read more »
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02/04/2020
Insurance companies and brokers will be able to work together to implement COVID-19 relief measures for certain small businesses following the ACCC’s granting of interim authorisation today.
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