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Growing up in social housing, Stephen Woodlands, the founder of Head Start Homes, saw first-hand the barriers faced by his inspirational mother when she wanted to move out of social housing and buy a home for herself and her three children. Although she had a good job and could have afforded a home loan, she […]

Financial Standard’s publication celebrates International Women’s Day 2021 with donation Financial Standard donates 30% of all new subscription fees in March to the First Nations Foundation First Nations Foundation supports Indigenous woman across Australia through the Indigenous Women’s Financial Wellness initiative The First Nations Foundation would like to acknowledge the Financial Standard’s generous support for

The First Nations Foundation has created a new, free website to help young Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people learn more about money – and we’re excited to tell you that our Tomorrow Money project goes live today. We know money isn’t always an easy topic. Our community has not always had access to the

Suncorp’s RAP 2020–22 has been endorsed by Reconciliation Australia and has been recognised as an ‘Innovate’ RAP, which acknowledges that we’ve moved from the scoping to implementation phase. Suncorp’s Executive General Manager Consumer Distribution, Banking & Wealth, Chris Fleming, has been appointed Suncorp’s RAP Champion for the next two years. Fleming said the RAP sets

Trips to four Queensland Indigenous communities to support residents’ financial wellbeing has allowed QSuper to help reconnect members with more than $1 million in super. In the past 18 months, QSuper has travelled to Thursday Island, Doomadgee, Yarrabah and Bamaga to meet face-to-face with around 400 members as well as other community members. These trips

First Nations Foundation has been shortlisted in three categories at the MyBusiness 2020 awards. While there is no argument that 2020 has been a year of fundamental change across the world, it has also had some positive impacts. Showing how a work-from-home approach can actually work in business has been one, while accelerating the role

For NAIDOC Week, we put the spotlight on Indigenous-led organisation, First Nations Foundation aiming to bring financial prosperity – not just literacy – to Indigenous Australians. For the growing middle class of Indigenous Australians, handling newfound wealth and opportunity can be a foreign concept. Decades of marginalisation, trauma and exclusion from the workforce have meant that intergenerational wealth and prosperity have

Close to one in three Australians are stressed about money. But affordable financial advice is available, and it can make a valuable difference to our financial wellbeing.  As the coronavirus pandemic sees more Australians face cuts to their jobs and income, financial stress is on the rise. It makes professional financial advice more important than

Funeral insurance has been a visible point of issue for Indigenous Australians. A recent article explores why. One of the most well-known financial issues for Indigenous Australians is insurance. From illegal selling campaigns and the targeting of vulnerable people and communities, to the promotion of dud products and expensive services that are already provided for

With so much going on these days, it’s sometimes hard to see the future behind the clouds. But Spring is upon us. At IBA, we believe in the resilience of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people – thousands of years and generations of existence speaks volumes to portray that success. Through the bushfires at the