15 October 2021
BCCM CEO Melina Morrison was interviewed about the BCCM’s newly released Primary Producer Co-operatives: the beating heart of Community resilience and recovery report and the Cobargo community’s experience during and after the 2019/20 bushfires, highlighting of the power of the co-op model in facing and recovering from adversity.
Listen to Melina Morrison on Breakfast with Simon Lauder on South Coast ABC, 14 October 2021 – listen from 1:13:05.
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