Emergency Relief Fund for Youpla Funeral Insurance Claimants

Scammed, frustrated, and betrayed.

Youpla, previously known as the Australian Community Benefit Fund (ACBF), is a funeral insurance company marketed for and by First Nations Australians. After various investigations and a royal commission, the company was been liquidated at the start of 2022.

However, most of the grieving families have not yet been reimbursed since the company’s liquidation.

The Albanese government announced this morning that it pledges $4 million in emergency relief packages to affected individuals. And, is looking at the possibility of further support in the future.

We investigate further as to the extent of relief these grieving families will hopefully achieve.

Image: Image credit: Brooke Ottley, Shutterstock.

Produced By: Kate Saap

Featured In Story: Sandra Van der Laan, Professor of Accounting at the University of Sydney, and Lynda Edwards, Coordinator of Financial Capability at Financial Counselling Australia, Wangkumara/Barkandji

First aired on The Wire, Monday 25 July 2022