BCCM Leaders’ Summit, 8-9 November, Canberra On 8-9 November, the BCCM will host its third annual Leaders’ Summit and Taste of Australia Industry Dinner. The Leaders’ Summit has twice sold out. This year, the BCCM hosts the Summit in Canberra at Old Parliament House to celebrate and leverage the opportunity to be close to political power and […]

Today the IBISWorld’s 2016 Top 500 index of privately-owned companies was released with the co-operative and mutual sector again demonstrating its economic strength and importance to Australia. A repeat of last year, three BCCM members make up the Top 10: CBH Group (2), Devondale Murray Goulburn (7) and HCF (9). In total, 14 co-operative and […]

BCCM CEO, Melina Morrison with Deputy Prime Minster Barnaby Joyce and Kevin Hogan MP at the launch of the program From 29-30 August, more than 200 industry experts from the agricultural sector attended a national forum to provide providing farmers with knowledge and materials on co-operatives, collective bargaining and other forms of collaboration took place. The forum is part […]

Co-operative leaders join with Dr John Hewson and Senators Chris Ketter, Bridget McKenzie, Nick Xenophon to celebrate the day of the inquiry hand-down. On 17 March, the Senate’s Economics References Committee handed-down their report into their examination into the role, importance, and overall performance of co-operative, mutual and member-owned firms, which has received strong industry endorsement as a […]