Purchase your tickets online today to attend BCCM’s Leader’s Summit “Shadowlands: Adversity as Advantage for CME’s” with keynote speaker Yves Morieux, Thursday-Friday, 9-10 November 2017 in Brisbane Australia.

A major barrier to farmers setting up a business with other producers was knocked down in June 2017 with the launch of a free, online tool – Co-op builder – that they can use to register their business as a co-operative.

Federal Treasurer Scott Morrison’s consultation into reforms to support co-operatives and mutuals has the potential to create thousands of jobs by unlocking cash worth at least $25 billion for a flagging Australian economy, says Business Council of Co-operatives and Mutuals CEO Melina Morrison. Ms Morrison was welcoming a decision by the Treasurer to appoint consultant […]

Top 100 co-operative and mutual enterprises (CMEs) combined turnover $30.5 billion (FY2014/15), with combined assets of $143.7 billion Top 100 member-owned companies turn over increasing by 4% per annum – and 18% over a five-year period Three Australian CMEs ranked in IBISWorld Top 10 The 2016 National Mutual Economy Report launched today at the BCCM […]

Co-operatives have played a key role in many Australian communities for more than one hundred years. Their popularity began in rural communities when agricultural producers combined their efforts to process and market their products economically.  Today, co-operatives exist in all sectors of the Australian economy contributing 7% to the country’s GDP (including superannuation funds) and […]

Watch political representatives voice their support for the CME sector. View extended version here. On 9 November, co-operative and mutual leaders from across the country gathered at Old Parliament House for the third annual BCCM Leaders’ Summit to to discuss and debate the business strategies, disruptions and innovations to give CMEs the competitive edge. View: A summary […]

The world’s largest 300 co-operatives and mutuals have grown their turnover by 7.20% to USD $2.53tn (2,533.1bn), according to the 2016 edition of the World Co-operative Monitor (WCM). The findings were presented at the International Summit of Cooperatives in Québec. Three Australian co-operatives and BCCM members are again listed in the monitor: CBH Group (147), […]