Co-op Events : NSW
Co-operative Research Group Seminar
Aug 18, 2010 - 8:28:08 AM
The Co-operative Research Group at the University of Sydney has organised a seminar on 26 August 2010 with Professor Francesco Capalbo and Professor Frank Clarke. Professor Capalbo (Second University of Naples) will address The Co-operative Experience in Italy. Professor Clarke (University of Sydney) will address Co-operative case study: Death of a co-operative.
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Details of the Co-operative Group activities are listed on the website

Co-ops & Government
Ownership and Australia's newest political party
Aug 17, 2010 - 10:32:21 AM
The Parents, Families and Carers Party has released a Family and Small Business and Economic Ownership Policy for the Federal election in Australia to be held on 21 August 2010. It is the only party that has developed a policy based on ownership.
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Co-op Advocacy
South West Slopes Country Credit Union
Aug 8, 2010 - 5:20:04 PM

Co-op Advocacy
Competitive Banking in Australia
Aug 8, 2010 - 3:39:47 PM

Co-op Events
Australian IYC Steering Committee
Aug 8, 2010 - 3:29:51 PM
The first Australian IYC Steering Committee meeting will be held in Sydney on Monday 30 August 2010. The Chairman of the Steering Committee is Trent Bartlett.  The Steering Committee is being resourced by Social Business Australia.  The IYC aims at raising awareness on the socio-economic impact of co-operatives, and for promoting the autonomous formation and growth of co-operatives. For more on the International Year of Co-operatives Steering Committee visit the web site of the International Co-operative Alliance.

Co-op Events : VIC
Housing Co-operative History
Aug 8, 2010 - 3:19:26 PM
The SouthEast Housing Co-operative Ltd in Dandenong, Victoria,will be celebrating its 25th anniversary in October 2010. As part of the celebrations a booklet will be published on the co-operative.  The booklet will outline the experience of rental housing co-operatives since 1985 qand the external and internal challenges over the years. While SouthEast Housing Co-operative Ltd was formed in 2000, the co-operatives that merged at the time were originally formed in 1985.

Co-ops & Government
Mutuality and Taxable income
Aug 8, 2010 - 3:14:25 PM
The Australian Taxation Office has published a guide on Mutuality and taxable income. The guide is for non-profit clubs, societies and associations that are taxable.  It can be downloaded as a pdf from the ATO web site.

Co-op Activities : VIC
SouthEast Housing Co-operative Online
Jul 13, 2010 - 8:27:16 AM
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.

Co-op Advocacy
Social Enterprise in Australia
Jul 10, 2010 - 3:27:14 PM
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. 
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Co-op Advocacy : ICA
ICA's New Director-General
Jul 6, 2010 - 10:04:52 PM
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