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Australia
Australia
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EducationAustralia’s Indigenous co-ops fight for self-determination and civil rights
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island co-ops offer services and activism in the legal services, healthcare, the clean energy transition and education
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BusinessAustralia’s top 100 co-ops buck economic trends to record 11% revenue growth
'With global instability, the post pandemic world and climate concerns, co-ops and mutuals are more vital than ever to lead the way towards sustainable and equitable futures'
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AgricultureAustralian co-op body makes plea to bring food processing back home
'Securing access to food staples and preserving onshore food processing creates local employment'
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BusinessEuropean launch for BCCM’s new tool to measure value of co-op businesses
Mutual Value Measurement was developed after a two-year research project led by Monash University involving 13 Australian co-ops and mutuals
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PoliticsBCCM chief gives evidence to Australian Senate on value of co-op sector
Melina Morrison wants legislation on the National Reconstruction Fund to put co-ops on equal footing when it comes to investment
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Regional OrganisationsAnnual Q&A: Melina Morrison, CEO, Australia’s Business Council of Co-ops and Mutuals
'What I want to see is the full uptake of our climate policy across Australian co-ops and mutuals, shining a light on us as leading ESG businesses'
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Agriculture
Australian grain co-op CBH plans increased investment after a record surplus
A bumper harvest put pressure on supply chains but CEO Ben Macnamara says all the produce was received safely
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Banking and Insurance
BCCM releases new code of conduct for discretionary mutuals
Signatories make a voluntary commitment to eight principles – adapted from those of the international co-op movement
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EnvironmentAustralian co-op apex BCCM calls for fresh action on climate change
'This is a race against time and we don’t know if we are going to win it'
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Regional OrganisationsAustralia’s mutuals fund hands out the first flood recovery grants to 21 organisations
Funding focuses on 'local member-based organisations, including co-ops, because they foster trusted networks that are crucial for disaster response and recovery'
