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  • SouthEast Housing Co-operative Online
    The SouthEast Housing Co-operative, based in Dandenong, Victoria, has gone online. The co-operative is a leading rental housing co-operative with the mission statement of increasing and providing secure, affordable and environmentally sustainable long term community housing managed by and for low income people and deliver excellent services to improve the quality of housing of residents.
  • Social Enterprise in Australia
    Finding  Australia's Social Enterprise Sector - Final Report has been released by the FASES project - a joint initiative of Social Traders and the Australian Centre for Philanthropy and Non-Profit Studies, Queensland University of Technology. FASES is Finding Australia's Social Enterprise Sector.  You can download a summary report and for a full report. 
  • ICA's New Director-General
    The International Co-operative Alliance has named Charles Gould as its new Director-General - replacing Iain Macdonald who has served as Director-General for the past eight years. The ICA has 240 member organisations from 91 countries - representing nearly one billion individuals and providing more than 100 million jobs. For more about the ICA's new Director-General visit http://www.ica.coop
  • CBH Demutualisation Push
    A dissident group within the CBH Group is attempting to reduce the influence of growers on the board of the Western Australia co-operative. The board has rejected the group's proposal. Read more in WA Business News.
  • Co-operatives WA's Spotlight on Co-operatives
    Co-operatives WA has announced an important partnership with three of the State's largest co-operatives and the University of Western Australia - with funding from the Federal Government. The research program will study - Sustainable Cooperative Enterprise: An Investigation into the Factors Influencing the Sustainability and Competitiveness of Co-operative Enterprises. For more visit the Co-operatives Australia website.
  • National Community Housing Standards and Co-operatives
    The third edition of the National Community Housing Standards Manual (May 2010) has just been released in Australia - developed by JPX Consulting Pty Ltd and published by Housing NSW. This edition replaces the second edition published in 2003.  The third edition takes account of the seven international principles of co-operation adopted by the International Co-operative Alliance to guide the formation and management of co-operatives. The Manual reproduces the seven principles. The manual can be downloaded from the website of the Community Housing Federation of Australia.
  • Blue Mountains 30th
    The Blue Mountains Food Co-op Ltd in Katoomba, New South Wales,  is celebrating its 3oth birthday in 2010. The co-operative is Australia's largest organic food co-operative. The co-operative's website: www.bluemtnsfood.asn.au  The email address is: bmfoodcoop@exemail.com.au

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1 LinkAustralian Co-operative Links
Co-operative Development Services Ltd has established the most comprehensive listing of website links to Australian co-operatives. According to the co-operative, there are over 460 website links.
2 LinkCFNSW
The Co-operative Federation of NSW, represents and assists co-operatives and like entities in their relationships with government;
facilitates and provides assistance and services, including the Co-operatives Conference every 18 months;
promotes public awareness and understanding of the significance of co-operative structures;
promotes the exchange of information amongst co-operative entities; and
works with other co-operative organisations interstate and internationally.
3 LinkCo-operatives Victoria
Co-operatives Victoria ( the Co-operative Federation of Victoria Ltd) is the peak body for co-operatives in Victoria.
4 LinkCo-operatives WA
The representative body for the promotion and development of the co-operative movement in Western Australia. The vision of Co-operatives WA is to be recognised as a leading authority on the co-operative movement in Australia making a significant contribution to Western Australian business and society achieved through the active participation and commitment of members.
5 LinkICA
ICA is an independent, non-governmental association which unites, represents and serves co-operatives worldwide.
Founded in 1895, ICA has 222 member organisations from 85 countries active in all sectors of the economy. Together these co-operatives represent more than 800 million individuals worldwide.
6 LinkICA News
icanews.coop is a news service for the global co-operative community, providing a central resource for news by and about the co-operative movement.
7 LinkGlobal 300
The International Co-operative Alliance (ICA) publishes the Global300 list to highlight the important role co-operative enterprises play in national and international economies.
8 LinkNZCA
New Zealand Cooperatives Association exists to:
Encourage, promote and advance New Zealand cooperatives.
Act as a representative association for those engaged as cooperatives.
Promote discussion and cooperation with decision makers at all levels of government, designed to further the interests of the cooperative movement.
Provide services and expertise to those engaged in the cooperative movement and carry out research into all aspects of the movement.
Collect, verify and publish information relating to the cooperative movement.