Since 2017 MoneyMob has been doing education about mobile phone plans and bills on the APY Lands. During this work, we found more than $427,000 worth of debt in the area - a huge amount. See below our results and the community education posters we've produced. ...
Shannon Khan, MoneyMob's Community administration support officer from Pukatja, has been in Alice Springs attending training. She has completed First aid, 4WD awareness and Money Business Kit training and has had some fun along the way!
The MoneyMob Pukatja office has been a services SA agent for a few years now and we have recently been set up to accept payments from Anangu across the APY Lands. Our staff will be travelling with mobile payment devices and will assist Anangu where possible to connect...
With Trevor Cleland In July 2019, MoneyMob started a 'healthy cooking on a budget' project with Dunjiba Community Council. The project's focus is healthy cooking, engaging the community to learn and develop cooking skills for better health benefits for themselves and...
The Indigenous Super summit was held in Brisbane in August 2019. Our Financial Counsellor Zeni Ferntree attended on behalf of MoneyMob as one of 7 financial counsellors who work in remote Australia. There was many super companies there to hear about the difficulties...
A recent outreach visit to Amata by NILS Officer & Financial Capability Worker, Trevor Cleland, coincided with a 3 day workshop conducted by Tjanpi Desert Weavers. The older women were teaching the younger women the craft, and make some items for the Desert Mob...
In the 2018-2019 financial year, MoneyMob had $230,349 worth of debt waived or written off, and got $19,988 in refunds for clients. These debts relate to only 35 people, which paints a disturbing picture of the amount of debt that Anangu bear. We also established...
If you get Centrelink money, and also have a paid job, make sure your boss is taking enough tax out of your pay. If you only get money from Centrelink, then they don't usually take tax out of your Centrelink payment. But if you work, AND you get Centrelink money this...
Fast loans can get you into big money problems really quickly! These loans are easy to get and the money is paid to you fast BUT there can be hidden fees and charges that make you pay back more than you borrowed. MoneyMob are seeing a lot of these bad loans causing...
Naidoc Celebrations 2019- Pukatja BBQ Left: Shannon from our Pukatja office celebrating NAIDOC day by cooking up a feast. FCA conference 2019 In May, the MoneyMob financial counsellors travelled to Melbourne for the annual financial counsellors conference. It is...