29 March 2018
The Mandarin
The co-op is a good operating structure for human services, according to Melina Morrison, chief executive of a peak body for the sector. Having more of them would increase choice and competition for users of these publicly funded services, she argues, if barriers to setting them up were addressed.
Read the full article, PC human services report does not go far enough, says co-ops supremo, The Mandarin, 29 March 2018
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