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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

PPS reform and the Co-operatives Act 1996

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Written by David Griffiths Sunday, 30 May 2010 02:10

The Victorian Government is proposing to repeal Schedule 3 to the Victorian Co-operatives Act 1996 - effective from the commencement of the new Commonwealth Personal Property Securities (PPS) regime. A new Commonwealth-administered Personal Property Securities Register (PPSR) is proposed to commence in May 2011. It will replace all State and Territory registers on which security interests in personal property (broadly, property other than land or buildings) are registered. A security interest is a general term for a charge or other encumbrance over personal property.

Victoria and Co-operatives National Law

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Last Updated on Friday, 14 May 2010 22:52 Written by David Griffiths Friday, 14 May 2010 22:38

After discussions with the Co-operative Federation of Victoria Ltd, Consumer Affairs Victoria has issued an important circular to all registered co-operatives in Victoria - providing an update on the proposed Co-operatives National Law, outlining the main proposed changes and the impact on Victoria's Co-operatives Act 1996. There is also a promise to notify registered co-operatives of any proposed future changes to the legislation so that co-operatives have adequate information and time to prepare for changes.

Co-operatives National Law Submissions

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Last Updated on Tuesday, 27 April 2010 07:35 Written by David Griffiths Tuesday, 27 April 2010 07:30

Twenty one submissions have been made on the proposed Co-operatives National Law:

Gayndah Packers Co-operative Association Ltd in PDF format (size: 272kb)

The Co-operative Federation of South Australia Inc. in PDF format (size: 26kb)

Dr Gary Oliver (in PDF format (size: 33kb)

Chartered Secretaries Australia in PDF format (size: 74kb)

The Co-operative Federation of South Australia Inc. (2) in PDF format (size: 24kb)

Mattila Lawyers in PDF format (size: 93kb)

Co-operatives WA in PDF format (size: 74kb)

Co-operative Development Services Ltd in PDF format (size: 152kb)

Co-operatives Australia in PDF format (size: 25kb)

Ravensdown in PDF format (size: 111kb)

Co-operative Federation of NSW Ltd in PDF format (size: 118kb)

Adam Jones in PDF format (size: 74kb)

CPA Australia in PDF format (size: 122kb)

Mark Snell in PDF format (size: 25kb)

Namoi Cotton Co-operative Ltd in PDF format (size: 144kb)

ASIC in PDF format (size: 52kb)

Insolvency Practitioners Australia in PDF format (size: 470kb)

Price Waterhouse Coopers in PDF format (size: 36kb)

Co-operative Federation of Victoria Ltd in PDF format (size: 138kb)

Law Council of Australia in PDF format (size: 152kb)

Auditing and Assurance Standards Board in PDF format (size: 164kb)

Inquiry into Liquidators and Administrators

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Last Updated on Thursday, 18 February 2010 04:21 Written by David Griffiths Friday, 12 February 2010 01:55

The Co-operative Federation of Victoria Ltd has made a submission to the Senate Economics Committee Inquiry into Liquidators and Administrators. Submissions closed on 12 February 2010. The reporting date for the Committee is 31 August 2010. The submission is a confidential Committee document protected by Parliamentary Privilege. The submission has been released by the Senate Committee and is available on its web site. A theme of the submission is the role of Consumer Affairs Victoria (CAV)?in appointing administrators and a recent disappointing experience of a CAV appointment - from a Government agency that continues to disappoint.