Excerpt from abc.net.au
Residents of remote communities are driving 400-kilometre round trips just to access keycards as solutions are sought to financial and banking issues faced in the bush.
Financial regulators, advocacy organisations, banking representatives and an Aboriginal corporation have met in the hope of increasing access to banking services in the Kimberley’s remote communities.
A roundtable discussion held this week was part of a push by community organisation Broome Circle to bring the financial issues faced by people in remote Aboriginal communities to the attention of the banking industry.
Djarindjin Aboriginal Corporation chief executive Nathan McIvor said Aboriginal people in remote communities struggled to access basic banking facilities.
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