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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

BCCM launches Disability Inclusion Toolkit for co-ops and mutuals

BCCM encouraged co-ops and mutuals to use the toolkit to build more inclusive practices into their…

Australia’s top 100 co-ops and mutuals have a joint turnover of $31.9bn

Australia is home to 2,032 co-operatives and mutuals with a combined turnover of AU$104bn

Australian co-ops rally to support communities hit by drought and wildfire

'Potentially this may be the biggest disaster regional communities have experienced'

Australian credit union wins case over words ‘community bank’

'Mutuals are the original community lending model, they are owned by their members and have always…