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As Australia prepares for referendum, Indigenous campaigner speaks out on on BCCM website

In a post on the co-op apex's website, Pastor Ray Minniecon says the proposals 'give our…

Australia’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…

Australia’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…

Australian co-op body makes plea to bring food processing back home

'Securing access to food staples and preserving onshore food processing creates local employment'

European 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…

BCCM 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…

Annual 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…

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…

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…

Australian 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…

Australia’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…

Australia’s BCCM announces speakers for co-op leadership summit

Contributors include Ana Aguirre, president of the Youth Network of the International Co-operative Alliance