Associates

Our associate members are business partners who serve the sector with advice and expertise including lawyers, accountants and financial advisors. Associate members are also smaller CMEs on a path to full membership of BCCM and other industry peak bodies.

Apulia Grove Olives

Award winning olive oil producer assisting small scale growers to increase productivity, profitability and innovation in their own groves through collaborative efforts.

Industry: Agriculture

ArchiTeam Cooperative

Membership association for Australian architects working in small, medium and emerging practices.

Year established: 1991

Australian Mutuals Foundation

Vehicle for mutual banks, credit unions and co-ops to support community campaigns.

Year established: 2016
Type: Association

Australian Travel Agents Cooperative Limited

Travel buying group built on transparency, superior buying power and equal profit sharing.

Year established: 1987

Baptist Insurance Services

National insurance scheme organising insurance on properly and other assets in excess of $5 billion and on behalf of over 1,350 constituents.

Year established: 1984
Type: Mutual

Caboolture Workers Co-op

The Caboolture Workers Co-op manages a social enterprise coffee shop at the Morayfield Health Hub.

Year established: 2006

Clarence River Fishermen’s Co-operative

With over 130 members the co-op directly contributes to the livelihoods of hundreds of local families.

Year established: 1945
Industry: Agriculture

Co-operation Housing

Umbrella organisation for housing co-operatives in WA, representing, supporting, advocating for and growing the WA co-op housing sector.

Year established: 2010
Industry: Housing

Common Equity Housing SA

Provides support services to housing co-ops run by members, resulting in strong communities, social networks and better outcomes for members.

Year established: 2012
Industry: Housing

Community Care Wagin

A place-based, community-owned organisation dedicated to supporting Wagin, WA residents and care organisations to work together to solve local problems and create shared solutions.

Year established: 2025

CoPower

Provides energy services to customer members. Takes action against the climate crisis, build community and tackle poverty.

Year established: 2017

Earthworker Cooperative

Building a network of cooperative social enterprises that do socially and environmentally useful work.

Emerald and District Co-operative Society

Supplies the needs of local residents of the Dandenong Ranges and operates Barry Plant Emerald Real Estate and a Bendigo Bank agency.

Year established: 1945

Eurobodalla Community Care Co-operative

Bringing workers together in a co-op to help meet the challenges of a rapidly changing regulatory environment and growing demand for services.

Year established: 2025

Girudala Community Co-operative Society

Providing programs and services in the areas of health promotion, affordable housing, home care, family wellbeing support, employment and training.

 

Year established: 1974

Glen Innes CARE Co-operative

Member-owned, not-for-profit and driven by the shared vision of local people, service providers and partner organisations.

Year established: 2025

GNP360 Cooperative, Gnowangerup

Sustaining and enhancing the town of Gnowangerup’s businesses, services and community infrastructure.

Goulburn Community Energy Cooperative

A 100 per cent community-owned 1.8MW DC solar farm with a 2300KWh battery. The energy produced will when completed, power 300 homes.

 

Year established: 2020

Harvey Water

Delivers non-potable water to members and customer base, located in the premium south west growing districts, 100km south of Perth.

Year established: 1999

Hepburn Energy

Hepburn Energy owns and operates Australia’s first community owned wind farm, leading the transition to a clean energy future.

Year established: 2007

HOPE Housing Fund Management

Not-for-profit fund manager on a mission to support essential workers purchase homes closer to their work.

Year established: 2022

HunterNet

Network of manufacturing, engineering and specialist services companies.

Year established: 1992

Irrigear

Largest network of independently owned water specialist retailers in the country – with owner-operated locations across Australia.

Year established: 2000

Islamic Co-operative Finance Australia Limited (ICFAL)

ICFAL provides Shariah-compliant financial products and services to its members.

Year established: 1998

Latrobe Health Services

Australian-owned not-for-profit registered private health insurer with more than 81,000 members across Australia.

Year established: 1950

Middle Ground Housing Limited

A new model of co-operative housing that provides secure, sustainable rent-stabilised homes for Australians locked out of homeownership.

Industry: Housing

MIGA

Specialist insurer offering a range of medical indemnity insurance products and associated services for over 120 years.

Year established: 1899
Type: Mutual

Mountain Milk Co-operative Limited

Mountain Milk Co-operative has created a route to market for dairy farmers in North East Victoria, and handles over 23ML of premium quality local milk.

Year established: 2018
Industry: Agriculture

Murrumbidgee Aged Care Network Co-operative

Supporting aged care providers to continue growing and improving the person-centred care in the communities they serve, now and into the future.

 

Year established: 2025

Najmaa Mutual

Najmaa Mutual is a discretionary mutual providing risk protection products for the Australian Muslim community and also the wider ethical community.

Northern Australia Aboriginal Kakadu Plum Alliance

NAAKPA is an alliance of Aboriginal-owned companies supplying Kakadu Plum fruit and extracts for the Australian market.

Year established: 2018

Nundah Community Enterprises Cooperative

Creates meaningful employment for members with cognitive and psychological disabilities. One of Australia’s first social enterprises.

Year established: 1998

Our Ark Mutual

Risk protection for property and/or contents, equipment, money and business interruption.

Year established: 2020
Type: Mutual

Picnic

Designs and operates risk transfer alternatives, including DMFs, for communities, industries and organisations seeking alternatives to insurance.

Year established: 2016
Type: Mutual

Riverina Co-operative Society

Riverina-based retail co-operative supplying professional services and products to our members and customers.

Year established: 1961
Industry: Agriculture

Stock & Station Agents Co-operative Limited

Formed to provide sound support for members throughout Australia by protecting their cash flow.

Year established: 1994

Terang & District Co-operative Limited

Community owned and operated enterprise meeting the needs of local shoppers, farmers and other trades.

Year established: 1908

The Co-operative Life

The Co-operative Life providse safe, high quality, caring support services for elderly people and people living with disability.

 

Year established: 2013

The Rural Woman Cooperative

Enables connection of rural women and assisting them to improve their wellbeing, agency and/or financial security.

Tranby Aboriginal Co-operative

Australia’s oldest NFP independent Indigenous education provider, working to transform the lives of Aboriginal people & Torres Strait Islanders.

Year established: 1957

Travellers Choice

Travellers Choice represents independent travel agents and was named Australia’s Best Travel Agency Group in 2015 and 2019.

Year established: 1977

Union Co-operative Society

Provides business, residential housing and retail services to members in Paddington, Brisbane.

Year established: 1969

United Housing Co-operative

Not-for-profit community housing provider, operating in the inner-western suburbs of Melbourne

Year established: 1985
Industry: Housing