Co-op Values
Should Australia's dairy farmers only supply co-operatives?
Feb 25, 2008 - 2:50:27 PM
See the new poll at the bottom of this page: Should Australia's dairy farmers only supply co-operatives? Co-operatives are member owned and controlled. Why shouldn't dairy farmers support dairy businesses that they own and control? Fonterra, for instance, is a co-operative in New Zealand but not in Australia. In Australia its suppliers are not owners. Dairy Farmers in NSW is proposing to list on the ASX and if this occurs it will cease to be a co-operative. Why should dairy farmers in NSW continue to supply a company that is no longer a co-operative?

Co-op Advocacy
"the bank that treats its customers like members"
Oct 11, 2007 - 7:04:38 AM
It was on commercial radio station 3AW, Melbourne, Victoria, on 10 October 2007 - "the bank that treats its customers like members."
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Co-op History
Let's Talk Sense About Co-operative Farming
Sep 9, 2007 - 12:37:21 PM
In 1943 Australia's National Catholic Rural Movement was lobbying to extend co-operatives in Victoria and other States.
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Co-op Values
Choice From Crisis - Reasserting Confidence
Nov 3, 2005 - 3:59:00 PM
Part 1 of Chris Greenwood's interview with the UK's leading co-operative educator, Mervyn Wilson. 
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Co-op Values
What is the point?
Oct 17, 2005 - 8:50:00 PM
This is the central challenge of an excellent booklet by Geoffrey Whiteley, More Than Just a Shop - the philosophy that inspired co-operative trading.
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Co-op Values
What is a transnational co-operative?
Jul 24, 2005 - 2:40:00 PM
Is a co-operative that operates in more than one country a transnational co-operative?
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Co-op Values
The Unco-operative Majority
Jul 8, 2005 - 6:08:00 AM
The majority of Victoria's co-operatives are not members of the Co-operative Federation of Victoria Ltd.
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