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'Exciting' price caps could close health and budget gap

A government plan to cap the cost of essential groceries could help to improve the health of First Nations people living in remote communities.

Predatory rent-to-buy operators barred from Centrepay debit system in sweeping Albanese government reforms

Predatory rent-to-buy operators barred from Centrepay debit system in sweeping Albanese government reforms

Exclusive: ‘High-risk services’ will be removed, including companies providing consumer leases and household goods

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Nine grocery items bill tops $100 in remote community

Nine grocery items bill tops $100 in remote community

Some Indigenous communities are paying twice as much for groceries as people in capital cities, a consumer advocacy organisation investigation has found.

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Remote Indigenous Australians paying more than double capital city prices for everyday groceries

Choice finds basket of nine items cost $99.38 on average at four remote community stores in Western Australia and the Northern Territory

The Guardian - AU

Financial rights advocates ‘seriously concerned’ about how Youpla support scheme will be spent

‘Disappointment’ comes after documents reveal only two-thirds of $96m will go to Indigenous victims of predatory funeral fund

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Second energy firm wrongly received money from welfare payments under Centrepay scheme

Services Australia is working with Ergon to return overpayments, prompting fears the issue first identified at AGL could be widespread

The Guardian - AU

Government scheme for ACBF Youpla customers expires in November — what happens next?

For decades, funeral insurer ACBF Youpla sold policies to First Nations Australians despite attention for regulators. Now, two years after it collapsed, the government is still wrestling with how to compensate the company's customers.

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Youpla profits surged after it was approved for federal government’s automatic payments system

Youpla profits surged after it was approved for federal government’s automatic payments system

New data reveals the scale of how many Indigenous people were impacted by the disgraced funeral fund

The Guardian - AU

Youpla victims asking ‘when they should die’ to be eligible for funeral relief, advocates say

Youpla victims asking ‘when they should die’ to be eligible for funeral relief, advocates say

Government urged to give ‘certainty’ to more than 13,000 Aboriginal policy holders of defunct fund

The Guardian - AU

‘A kick in the guts’: ACBF-Youpla victims still waiting for millions in compensation

‘A kick in the guts’: ACBF-Youpla victims still waiting for millions in compensation

Families still struggling a year after collapse of predatory funeral fund that targeted low-income Aboriginal people

The Guardian - AU

Kimberley families still in limbo almost a year after Youpla funeral insurance collapse

Kimberley families still in limbo almost a year after Youpla funeral insurance collapse

Indigenous Kimberley residents impacted by funeral insurance fund Youpla going into administration are continuing their fight for compensation.

Federal governments legitimised predatory funeral fund that targeted Indigenous Australians, advocates claim

Federal governments legitimised predatory funeral fund that targeted Indigenous Australians, advocates claim

Centrepay scheme established under Howard government authorised ACBF-Youpla to take payments direct from welfare income

The Guardian - AU

Half of Youpla insurance holders fear they won’t be able to provide culturally appropriate funeral

Half of Youpla insurance holders fear they won’t be able to provide culturally appropriate funeral

Survey finds collapse of insurer has left thousands worried about going into debt or even using superannuation to cover costs

The Guardian - AU

Months after funeral insurer's collapse left First Nations customers out of pocket, government offers funding to cover funerals

Months after funeral insurer's collapse left First Nations customers out of pocket, government offers funding to cover funerals

Four months after a funeral insurer collapsed, leaving thousands of First Nations customers out of pocket, the government offers funding to cover funerals.

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New data shows disadvantaged towns paid high price for failed funeral insurer Youpla

New data shows that when funeral insurance company Youpla went into liquidation in March, some of Australia's most disadvantaged towns paid the heaviest price.

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