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Australia’s biggest credit union rebrands as bank

Name to change but the organisation will continue to be member-owned and reinvest profit back into…

Top 100 Australian co-ops and mutuals had a turnover of AU$33.9bn in 2019

Two new publications by BCCM look at the state of the sector

Co-ops and adversity: Examples from Australia

Melina Morrison of apex body BCCM looks to examples in Canada and from Australia's past to…

Scrapping old business models for a mutual future

Jess Scully scours the world for good examples - from care co-ops in Lebanon to microfinance…

Covid brings more churn to the dairy co-op sector

How has the pandemic affected an already turbulent market?

How the world marked the International Day of Co-operatives

This year the movement focuses on its role in tackling the climate emergency

BCCM welcomes law change for Queensland co-ops

The move is the final stage in the creation of a new national framework for Australia's…

Australian organic dairy co-op goes into administration

The farmer-owned business has been struggling with pressures from Covid-19, delayed sales and a contracting Chinese…

Covid-19: Co-op updates, 7 April

Updates from Kenya, Australia and Denmark and, from the UK, the EOA, Co-op College and Social…

Covid-19: Updates from 31 March

The latest responses from around the world

Australia’s BCCM stresses power of co-operation against Covid-19

The apex body has been in talks with ministers to discuss ways to reduce the impact…

Covid-19: Updates from the co-op movement

Latest news on coronavirus from the co-op, credit union, community business and employee-ownership sectors in the…