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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.

AAP · Feb 10, 2025

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

The Guardian - AU · Dec 1, 2024

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.

AAP · Oct 30, 2024

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 · Apr 22, 2023

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 · Mar 27, 2023

‘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 · Mar 12, 2023

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.

ABC News · Feb 14, 2023

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 · Nov 28, 2022

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 · Aug 3, 2022

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.

ABC News · Jul 24, 2022