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  • Co-operative Research Group Seminar
    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
  • Ownership and Australia's newest political party
    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.
  • South West Slopes Country Credit Union
    ABACUS Australian Mutuals has announced that South West Slopes Credit Union has won the distinction of being the first Australian Credit Licensee under new laws regulating consumer credit.South West Slopes Credit Union is a community credit union operating in south western NSW, including the towns of Young, Cootamundra, West Wyalong, Harden, Boorowa and Temora.
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  • Competitive Banking in Australia
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    According to ABACUS Australian Mutuals research out today revealing that three in four Australians believe the big four banks have too much market power should trigger action to promote a more competitive banking market.The Australia Institute research paper Money and power says one in five people, or three million Australians, believe that a bank with bigger profits is safer and that younger people are much more likely to believe that a bank with big profits is safer.
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  • Australian IYC Steering Committee
    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.
  • Housing Co-operative History
    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.
  • Mutuality and Taxable income
    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.

Mutuality at Work in New Zealand

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Written by David Griffiths Monday, 09 August 2010 22:17

The New Zealand Cooperatives Association will be running a co-operative education seminar in Wellington, New Zealand, on 19 & 20 August 2010 entitled Mutuality At Work - Ensuring A Successful Cooperative Business.  Papers to be presented include A Cooperative Way of Banking, Using Information to Better Manage Your Co-op and 46 Years and Going from Strength to Strength - The story of a shared service co-operative. For more information visit the web site of the New Zealand Cooperatives Association.

 

Co-operative Publications

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Last Updated on Monday, 02 August 2010 06:16 Written by David Griffiths Thursday, 01 April 2010 09:47

Co-operatives Australia has issued a number of important statements - Public Policy and Co-operatives (April 2009), Australia's Top 100 Co-operatives, Credit Unions and Mutuals (June 2009), Co-operative Education (March 2010) and Valuing Co-operation (April 2010). All these statements can be accessed at the Co-operatives Australia web site at http://www.australia.coop/ca/publications

 

The Co-operative Bumblebee

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Written by David Griffiths Thursday, 28 January 2010 23:00

Review of an important book by Ivano Barberini -How The Bumblebee Flies - Cooperation, Ethics and Development. Barberini was born in Modena, Italy, in 1939 and died on 6 May 2009. when he died he had been President of the International Cooperative Alliance since 2001. The book was published by Baldini Castoldi Dalai in 2009.

   

Co-op Advantage Director Kit

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Last Updated on Thursday, 28 January 2010 05:07 Written by David Griffiths Thursday, 28 January 2010 03:39

The Co-opAdvantage Developing Directors of Co-operatives  Kit encapsulates the essence of co-operative education - anm understanding of and commitment to the co-operative advantage and how this must underpin education for co-operatives and co-operators. The publication explores the director's role and responsibilities, identifies essential and desirable knowledge, skills, attitudes and behaviours.

 

Co-operative Management Advantage

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Last Updated on Monday, 25 January 2010 22:50 Written by David Griffiths Monday, 25 January 2010 22:41

The January 2010 issue of the Co-operative Management Advantage newsletter (Vol 4 Issue 2) is now available. The newsletter is published for the Master of Management - Co-operatives and Credit Unions degree program which is a partnership between the Co-operative Management Education Co-operative and Saint Mary's University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.

   

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