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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…

BCCM chief says co-ops can solve problems for care and farming sectors

Melina Morrison also repeated her praise for the sector’s response to the bushfires devastating the country

Australia’s credit unions and farm co-ops face bushfire challenges

'A lot of staff are very traumatised ... the fires can move so quickly that you…

Co-op movement responds to Australian bushfire crisis

Co-ops and their members affected by the crisis can be supported through the Australian Mutual Foundation…

Australia’s co-op sector responds to bushfire tragedy

Sector bodies for co-ops, credit unions and mutuals are urging people to donate and offering support…

2019 Q&A: Melina Morrison on Australia

Chief executive of the Business Council of Co-operatives and Mutuals (BCCM)

Australian government allocates funding to develop agri co-ops

The government plans to grow the agriculture sector to a $100bn sector by 2030