The Australian Government is turning to the cooperative and mutuals sector to help improve the quality and diversity of services provided to older Australians, people living with disability and veterans. It has allocated AU$6.9m in the 2022/23 budget to the Cooperative and Mutual Enterprises (CME) Support Program – a national drive to advise communities on how to start new cooperatives in elderly care and other care sectors and to help existing cooperatives grow.

The Business Council of Co-operatives and Mutuals (BCCM) will work with communities to co-design social care projects in areas that were deemed by the Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety to be most in need. Read more.