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Thank you to all of the presenters and delegates for a wonderful conference

Congratulations to the winners of the 2015 Financial Inclusion Awards and thank you to all the organisations and individuals who nominated. And the winners were: JB Hi-Fi Solutions Financial Inclusion Excellence Award for a Volunteer-Based Organisation Coast Shelter NILS Northern Rivers Community Gateway Financial Inclusion Excellence Award for a Community Organisation Southern NILS at Our...

Francesca Whitehead and Tessa Manning from Fourth & Centre to facilitate the Financial Inclusion-Everyone’s Business Conference Round Table Discussions. The Round Table will focus on three recent trends in financial exclusion: Financial exclusion is an increasing problem. In 2013-14, 16.9% of the Australian population were either fully or severely excluded from essential financial services. The...

Mark Connelly, Campaigns Director at GetUp, leading on economic fairness and creative to present keynote address: How to affect social change on day one of Financial Inclusion – Everyone’s Business, Conference 2015. Mark Connelly has led prominent campaigns in Australia, including GetUp’s fightback against the Abbott Government’s austerity Budget, and in the US as Director...

Financial Inclusion Awards 2015 The 2015 Financial Inclusion Awards are now open! The Awards are designed to recognise and celebrate people, projects and organisations that have made a significant contribution to promoting Financial Inclusion in New South Wales. The Awards provide organisations and individuals with an opportunity to: Be recognised for efforts and achievements in...

Tam Cassidy, Trustee, Time Banking UK confirmed as key note speaker at Financial Inclusion – Everyone’s Business, Conference 2015. Tam Cassidy grew up in Central Scotland during the 80’s, in the years of Thatcherism, and witnessed civil unrest during the miners’ strike and the closure of many the great industries in Scotland which meant the...

The Hon. Victor Dominello MP Minister for Innovation and Better Regulation to officially open Financial Inclusion – Everyone’s Business, Conference 2015 In his current role Victor is responsible for the Office of Fair Trading and the NSW Government’s ICT Strategy as well as leading on a range of open government, data analytics, innovation and regulatory...

The NSW Office of Environment and Heritage will be the Bronze Conference Sponsor for Financial Inclusion – Everyone’s Business, Conference 2015. Working with the community, Office of Environment and Heritage cares for and protects NSW’s environment and heritage, which includes the natural environment, Aboriginal country, culture and heritage, and built heritage. Office of Environment and...

We are happy to announce that the provisional conference program is now available for download. This draft program overview will give delegates an insight on what to expect over the two days of the conference. The program offers a  range of presentations and interactive workshops that will see conference delegates coming together to solve the...

We’re extremely excited to announce the launch of our new website designed by New Rise Media and Third & Public. We hope that you find the new site a great resource and we would love to hear what you think.