Good Money opens a door for Zadika

Good Money Store in Cairns Provides Support For People On Low Incomes

More than 110,000 people in Far North Queensland could be eligible to borrow money for essential goods and services and pay no or low interest through the region’s first Good Money community finance store.

Good Money opens today on Mulgrave Road at Bungalow and provides access to the No Interest Loan Scheme (NILS) and the StepUP low interest loan, helping people on low incomes by offering a better alternative to the high fees that come with cash loans and expensive consumer lease contracts.

Faith-based organisations do not support current Religious Discrimination Bill

We (GSANZ, Anglicare Victoria, JewishCare, Jesuit Social Services, McAuley Community Services for Women, Sacred Heart, and Uniting) represent a range of community service organisations with a faith background. We come from many different faiths and our organisations are formed, and operate, in different ways.    Our services work with some of Australia’s most disadvantaged and vulnerable people. Those who are homeless, suffer from hunger, loneliness, experience family violence, use drugs and alcohol. We also provide aged care, foster services for children, supports for people with disability and we run opportunity shops.

NILS enables Rita to send her son back to school with the technology he needs to succeed

As a single mum receiving a Centrelink payment, buying a laptop for her son's schooling was a huge expense for Rita. NILS made it manageable.