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The BCCM has successfully focussed Australian media on the economic and social benefits of the co-operative and mutual sector so our member stories are now part of the national conversation. BCCM CEO Melina Morrison is regularly interviewed by major Australian newspapers and radio about policy and current events relating to co-operatives and mutual. Media enquiries. Photo gallery.

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Co-operative and Mutual Climate Policy

Co-operative and Mutual Climate Policy

Co-operative and mutual enterprises are coming together to accelerate action towards tackling climate change.
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Action to Empower: Social Care Mutuals

Action to Empower is our campaign to empower consumers and carers in social care markets to take back control through business model innovation.
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Blueprint for Australia

Our policy guide for a sustainable economy that works in the interests of all Australians.
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17 October 2024

Australia urged to look to Europe for solutions to housing crisis

The Federal Government should commit to the adoption of co-operative housing models that have proven successful in European countries as part of the solution to...
Deputy Prime Minister of Fiji, the Hon. Manoa Kamikamica and Melina Morrison
14 October 2024

BCCM meets with Deputy Prime Minister of Fiji, Fijian Government and DFAT representatives

We were honoured to host a meeting with the Fijian Government and DFAT representatives today to discuss the Pacific and Australian co-op and mutual sector’s interest in...
28 September 2024

Co-ops can and should be a serious part of Australia’s housing solution

Australasian social and affordable housing consultant Donald Proctor went on a BCCM study tour of European housing co-ops earlier in 2024, and the AHI has shared his...
Shopping carts align together in front of a store. Photo by michal dziekonski on Unsplash
27 September 2024

BCCM calls for ACCC supermarket inquiry to protect local food security

BCCM's Melina Morrison responds to the ACCC’s interim report its Supermarket Inquiry, highlighting the need for diverse business models to ensure consumer choice and...
25 September 2024

Co-operatives and mutuals prioritise staff and service over profits

Research commissioned by the BCCM and conducted by Per Capita Australia reveals that co-operatives and mutuals are more likely to employ staff at lower profit levels...
Kyloring Housing Co-operative
09 September 2024

Bunya Fund recipient makes video

Co-operation Housing, a Bunya Fund round two recipient, has produced a video to showcase the Kyloring Housing Co-operative to potential impact investors.
NSW Country Hour
20 August 2024

Protecting communities is life blood of co-ops and mutuals

Listen to Melina on ABC NSW Country Hour as she discusses how co-operatives and mutuals are ideal partners in disaster recovery and reconstruction.
16 August 2024

BCCM gives evidence to The Joint Select Committee on the NSW Reconstruction Authority

The Business Council of Co-operatives and Mutuals has appeared today before a parliamentary hearing into New South Wales’s disaster preparedness. In response to the...
The Project
30 July 2024

Co-op housing on The Project

The Project covered co-op housing last night showing the growing interest in affordable housing models that offer an affordable and desirable alternative to private...
29 July 2024

Letter to the SMH: Co-op housing

"Earlier this year, I went on a study tour of European housing co-operative sectors, which provides first-class, affordable, secure housing."
22 July 2024

Talking food co-operatives on ABC Radio Adelaide

The advantages of co-op supermarkets, their operational mechanisms and the challenges they encounter on ABC Radio's SA & NT Evenings program.
11 July 2024

Co-ops ease cost of living in regional areas

Listen to today's interview about the benefits of co-ops and how co-ops are keeping key businesses alive in regional areas.
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