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Co-op Activities : WA Last Updated: Jul 5, 2010 - 6:30:25 PM  RSS feed


Co-op Activities : WA
CBH Demutualisation Push
Jul 5, 2010 - 6:25:01 PM
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-op Activities : WA
Co-operatives WA's Spotlight on Co-operatives
Jul 5, 2010 - 3:35:59 PM
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.


Co-op Activities : WA
Pro-active Co-operation in WA
Sep 16, 2009 - 12:57:25 PM
Co-operative registry officials in Western Australia describe themselves as adopting a pro-active compliance based on minimum Government intervention and supervising and protecting co-operatives.
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Co-op Activities : WA
Is West Australia's CBH Group conservative?
Apr 2, 2008 - 12:13:36 PM
In "seeds sown for merger" (The Weekly Times, 2 April 2008 p 23) Peter Hemphill argues that the CBH board is conservative as a result of a recent board election. Time will tell, of course, as to whether or not the board is conservative and, if so, about what.
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Co-op Activities : WA
New Co-ops Act One Step Closer
Mar 11, 2008 - 1:09:28 PM
Co-operatives WA, the peak industry body representing Western Australian co-operatives, has welcomed progress with moves to update legislation governing co-operative companies. Read the Co-operatives WA news release
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Co-op Activities : Asia Pacific
Australian and New Zealand Co-op Merger?
Nov 6, 2007 - 10:07:16 PM
United Farmers Co-operative in Western Australia has announced that it has entered into exclusive discussions with New Zealand's Fertiliser Co-operative Limited to finalise a proposed merger.
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Co-op Activities : WA
CBH Group welcomes ALP on wheat
Oct 12, 2007 - 6:45:52 AM
The Western Australia co-operative CBH Group has welcomed the proposal by the Australian Labor Party to reform wheat marketing arrangements in Australia. Read the CBH Group news release.
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Co-op Advocacy
Co-operation Instead of Amalgamation
Jun 25, 2007 - 3:56:43 PM
A group of shires in Western Australia have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to share staff and services. The idea is to avoid amalgamation.
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Co-op Activities : Asia Pacific
Fonterra in Australia and New Zealand
Jun 9, 2007 - 7:49:10 PM
WAFarmers Dairy Section President Tony Pratico is calling for dairy co-operative Fonterra to reconsider their 2007/08 farm gate price increase. Mr. Pratico's comment is about how supplier non-members in Australia are differently from supplier members in New Zealand. Read the news release about Fonterra.
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Co-op Activities : WA
New CEO for HBF
Jan 3, 2007 - 6:15:55 PM
Mutual insurer HBF in the Australian State of Western Australia has a new CEO.
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