22/01/2021
A new partnership for Cape York communities ICAN is excited to announce our new partnership with Weipa Community Care thanks to the generous funding provided by the Ecstra Foundation. Our collaboration will give remote Indigenous communities across Cape... Read more »
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22/01/2021
The pesky pandemic has followed us into 2021, as the annual cyclone, flood and fire season marches on. Here at ICAN we are also witnessing the stress, finances or ‘lack there, of’ cause at... Read more »
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22/01/2021
Johanna Barnard works with the Centacare Reunification Service in South Australia and was a recipient of one of the ICAN Learn/ EnergyAustralia [EA] scholarships in 2018. She is the first graduate of the EA... Read more »
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04/01/2021
Unaffordable home, contents and strata insurance is a major challenge to the liveability and prosperity of communities, towns and cities across northern Australia, but a range of actions could help address this, according to a major report published by the ACCC.
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19/12/2020
2020 has been another big year for ICAN and ICAN Learn! Our Annual Report video looks at our achievements this year and how we transformed our services during COVID to maintain our vision of... Read more »
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04/12/2020
This report provides an update on key competition and consumer developments and trends in private health insurance between 1 July 2019 and 30 June 2020.
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03/12/2020
YFS has been backing vulnerable people in the Logan community to overcome adversity and to thrive for more than 35 years. Nowadays, we extend that reach to the Scenic Rim and Redlands as well.
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03/12/2020
No one will forget the stories of banks giving unaffordable loans to pensioners with little care for their vulnerability, or aggressively increasing the credit card limits of people struggling with gambling addiction. These stories were just the tip of an iceberg.
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03/12/2020
Although Australia is experiencing one of the most severe financial disasters in our country’s history, there is hope for those who reach out, with over three-quarters (79%) of those who came to Moneycare reporting positive mental health after receiving assistance.
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27/11/2020
With uncertainty around how long restrictions will last, knowing what financial decisions to make can be a lifeline for those feeling stressed.
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27/11/2020
The Bill introduces some of the 76 long-awaited reforms to strengthen Australian’s consumers rights recommended by the Banking Royal Commission.
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25/11/2020
Speaking with one voice, Australia’s leading consumer advocacy organisations, charities, community, legal and family violence organisations, unions and financial counsellors have condemned the government’s plans to axe safe lending laws.
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