Welcome

"Co-operatives ensure common-wealth, which is what Australia seems to have lost track of at this point in time. But because a lot of profit made from human effort is vanishing out of the local community where it is generated, we are becoming acutely aware that we need to join hands and protect each other by striving together to the benefit of our neighbours as well as our own family. We need to co-operate with each other - Bravo the co-operatives amongst you."

"The co-operative model is of the most obvious significance to a world looking for alternative ways of doing business. People are looking for institutions they can trust. However their strength is not only financial, it is ethical. Co-operatives are social businesses. They do not explain their commitment to social responsibility in vague statements of intent. Their values and principles are at the heart of what they actually do."