Full Federal Court dismisses ACCC appeal against Medibank
20/12/2018
An appeal by the ACCC against a Federal Court judgment in relation to Medibank Private Limited (Medibank) has been dismissed by the Full Federal Court.
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Northern Australian insurance needs immediate action
18/12/2018
A range of complex issues affecting home, contents and strata insurance markets in northern Australia mean residents and property owners pay much higher premiums than is the case elsewhere in Australia, according to a new report by the ACCC.
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Australians exiting private health insurance as price rises bite
26/11/2018
Many people are either abandoning their private health insurance policies or downgrading to lower-cost, lower-benefit products as premium increases continue to outpace inflation and wage growth.
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Wujal Wujal Two Years On
25/11/2018
Wujal Wujal has noticed a significant change from just over two years of becoming Australia’s first Do-Not-Knock informed community. Desmond Tayley, Wujal Wujal Shire Council Mayor said, “We have witnessed a noticeable reduction in... Read more »
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Award Winning Vision
25/11/2018
When the peak body for financial counselling in Victoria – the Financial and Consumer Rights Council (FCRC) – celebrated its 40thyear in . . .
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Mentorship Program’s Rising Stars – Part 5
25/11/2018
Every month in the lead up to our 2019 Graduation, ICAN will be featuring the students of its “Indigenous Financial Counselling Mentorship . . .
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Private health insurance report 2017-18
22/11/2018
This report analyses key competition and consumer developments and trends in the private health insurance industry between 1 July 2017 and 30 June 2018.
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Labor Will Protect Australians In Financial Stress
22/10/2018
Labor Senator Jenny McAllister will move a motion in the Senate today calling for the Senate to inquire into services that are often targeted at low and middle income, financially stressed Australians.
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Missing Millions
21/10/2018
Queenslanders currently have $170,895,033 million dollars of lost superannuation sitting idly in accounts just waiting to be claimed. In data recently released, . . .
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Time to have your say!
21/10/2018
For over ten years, the National Indigenous Consumer Strategy (NICS) has sought to improve consumer outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander . . .
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Mentorship Program’s Rising Stars – Part 4
21/10/2018
Every month in the lead up to our 2019 Graduation, ICAN will be featuring the students of its “Indigenous Financial Counselling Mentorship . . .
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EnergyAustralia backs ground breaking financial counselling development initiatives
23/09/2018
ICAN Learn hosted EnergyAustralia and state financial counselling peak body leaders from Victoria, South Australia, New South Wales and Queensland at a . . .
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