October 17, 2007

ICAN brings your attention to the 'notice' the NT Consumer and Business Affairs has addressed to "Healthy H20", a water filtration company, whose water coolers are sold door-to-door.

Commissioner puts company 'Healthy H20' on notice
Media Release - NT Department of Justice

October 6-8, 2007

In October, ICAN focused our attention on the way certain insurance products are being sold to Indigenous people, utilising CentreLink's "CentrePay" payment system.
View the media stories:
Pay system fails to help battlers (PDF 498 kb)
- The Cairns Post, 6 October 2007
Funeral Fund Push sign up Aborigines (PDF 3.5 MB)
- The Sydney Morning Herald, 6-8 October 2007
Funeral Deal a 'national disgrace' (PDF 20 kb)
- The Australian, 8 October 2007
Weighing the cost of dying (PDF 34 kb)
- The Sydney Morning Herald, 8 October 2007
Posted with permission of The Cairns Post, The Australian and The Sydney Morning Herald

Monday,
March 5, 2007

It's "Scam Awareness Month" March 5-30, 2007, an initiative of the Australasian Consumer Fraud Taskforce. ICAN is happy to be a partner to Scam Awareness Month!

View Media Releases from the ACCC website:
Scams Target You! Protect Yourself!
Scams Target You! Protect Your Money!
With permission of the ACCC

Wednesday, December 10, 2006

Walk a Mile: ICAN and the Pormpuraaw Aboriginal Community hosted staff from one of Australia’s 'big four’ banks and the Commonwealth Government regulator with responsibility for consumer credit protection have witnessed first-hand banking and other financial challenges faced by remote Indigenous communities. View story...
This PDF file is 440 kb. Courtesty of the KooriMail.

Monday
April 10, 2006

ICAN and Commonwealth Bank Join Forces to Tackle Indigenous Financial Literacy. This PDF file is 37 kb.

The ICAN Project and the Commonwealth Bank proudly announce the launch of the new "ICAN Personal Finance and Consumer Assistance" Training Project for the twenty Indigenous Communities across Queensland.