27/04/2021
In this month’s episode, Alex heads out to Yarrabah to meet with ICAN Financial Counsellor, Unaisi Buli who is taking part in a #DebtDisaster campaign video being produced by ICAN Media. Alex learns from Unaisi... Read more »
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27/04/2021
ICAN Connect partner, Weipa Community Care are tackling energy inequities in surrounding Indigenous Powercard communities through the establishment of a Powercard emergency relief program. The community driven program was made possible through ICAN Connect... Read more »
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23/03/2021
In our second ‘Out & About with Alex’ episode, ICAN Financial Counsellor, Alex Price-Busch visits Megan Blacklow from the Port Douglas Neighbourhood Centre. They take a trip out to the stunning rainforest Aboriginal Community... Read more »
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23/03/2021
As another cyclone season comes to an end, we reflect on the 10th anniversary of Cyclone Yasi. The video Financial Storm was originally produced in 2013 to support the continuation of financial counselling funding... Read more »
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23/03/2021
For many organisations, the COVID pandemic has forever changed how we think about service delivery over large geographic areas like Queensland. In the not-too-distant past, travel costs made remote service delivery inconsistent at best... Read more »
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23/03/2021
ICAN is a proud member of a coalition of organisations opposing the Government plans to axe Australia’s safe lending laws through the Save Safe Lending campaign. The National Consumer Credit Protection Amendment Bill will remove... Read more »
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24/02/2021
Welcome to our new E-News publication ‘The Yarn’. The Yarn is replacing our existing E-Newsletters and will provide you with a monthly summary of the best stories from our community. For our readers, you... Read more »
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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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