Yarnin’ Money on Thursday Island
25/03/2018
Last month, ICAN’s Yarnin’ Money program experienced its largest training group to date, delivering financial capability training to thirty-five job seekers and . . .
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Meet ICAN Learn’s new lead lecturer
25/03/2018
ICAN Learn has really hit the ground running in its first year of operation as a registered training organisation with five Diploma of Financial Counselling . . .
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Lobbying Continues – Small Amount Credit Contract and Consumer Lease Reforms
25/02/2018
In September 2017, ICAN covered a joint lobbying campaign organised by the Consumer Action Law Centre (CALC), when consumer advocates from . . .
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FC’s Focus on Domestic Violence Training
25/02/2018
Last week, ICAN staff joined twenty-seven service providers from across the Cairns and Townsville regions, in a two-day family violence training workshop, . . .
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Checking in with Anne-Maree
25/02/2018
In mid-2017, ICAN launched a new partnership with the Tableland Community NILS, under our Financial Inclusion Program, funded by the Queensland Government. . . .
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Say Cheese and “Consumer Rights”
28/01/2018
A Queensland Office of Fair Trading (QOFT) investigation has seen a Gold Coast business enter into an enforceable undertaking for alleged breaches . . .
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Yarnin’ Money with the Commonwealth Bank
28/01/2018
By Carmen Hegarty & Eddie Buli Last month, Yarnin’ Money was invited to promote the program to Commonweath Bank staff and its . . .
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Fee free ATMs to continue
28/01/2018
As 2017 was coming to a close, the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) re-authorised 15 banks to to provide fee-free usage . . .
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2017: Our year in review…
21/12/2017
2017 has been a very special year for ICAN. This year, we celebrated 10 years of incorporation and reflected upon our growth . . .
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ICAN welcomes Carmen and Conrad to the team!
21/12/2017
This month, we feature Conrad Dwyer and Carmen Hegarty, the newest staff members to join the ICAN team! Hi, my name is . . .
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Opinion: Afterpay – Buy now, pain later?
21/12/2017
Re-posted with permission of Canstar, with thanks to Gerard Brody, Consumer Action Law Centre Opinion, by Gerard Brody The boom of ‘buy . . .
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