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There’s been a significant increase in the number of people reaching out to the National Debt Helpline (NDH) over the past year. During 2024 more than 169,000 people called in or used the online chat tool to seek help from financial counsellors – a 12% increase on 2023. Total visits to the NDH website also…
Read More Number of People Reaching Out to the NDH Increases
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Today (5 December) the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Corporations and Financial Services will release its long-awaited report from the inquiry into the Financial Services Regulatory Framework in Relation to Financial Abuse, which commenced in April 2024. Members of the Economic Abuse Reference Group, a national network of over 50 community organisations that work with government…
Read More Community Advocates Welcome Government Report on Financial Abuse
At the 2024 ACCC National Consumer Congress, the Consumers’ Federation of Australia (CFA) was proud to present our Consumer Advocacy Award for the best consumer advocacy campaign or project of the past year. The nominees this year were all strong contenders: 1. Fair Call, direct regulation for telcos – formed from a coalition of consumer advocates…
Read More Design to Disrupt and Weathering the Storm Awarded the 2024 Consumer Advocacy Award
A study of local economic abuse in First Nations communities with special focus on Australia and Canada
June 2024
Jerry Buckland
Canadian Mennonite University
Winnipeg, Manitoba
Carmen Daniels
Indigenous Consumer Assistance Network
Cairns, Queensland
ICAN
Today, ICAN releases its literature review: A study of local economic abuse in First Nations communities with a special focus on Australia and Canada. The study was undertaken by Professor Jerry Buckland from the Canadian Mennonite University (CMU) and Carmen Daniels, Research Manager at ICAN. ICAN’s purpose in undertaking the research, was to review the literature…
Read More ICAN Releases Literature Review on Economic Abuse in First Nations Communities
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Federal, state and territory governments must take stronger action to stop the scourge of elder abuse, including urgently reforming Power of Attorney laws, says COTA Australia, the nation’s leading advocacy organisation for older people. The call comes as the world marks World Elder Abuse Awareness Day on 15 June. COTA Australia Chief Executive Officer Patricia…
Read More Advocates Call for Stronger Action on Power of Attorney Laws to Prevent Elder Abuse
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The Parliamentary Joint Committee on Corporations and Financial Services commenced an inquiry into the systems and regulatory framework relating to financial abuse at the start of April 2024. The period for written submissions is now half-way through and will officially end on 14 June 2024. Submissions can be made publicly but the committee is also…
Read More Financial Abuse Inquiry – 1 month left for written submissions
