South Australian Co-operatives
The co-operative sector in South Australia consisted of 102 co-operatives
(excluding financial mutuals) in
2009.
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The first known co-operative in South Australia was the Adelaide Co-operative
Society, a retail co-operative formed in 1863.
Agricultural co-operatives followed from the late 1880's, and Australia's
first known co-operative hotel was opened in Renmark in 1897.
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In the early 1980's, South Australian co-operatives were brought under the
administration of the
Co-operatives Act 1983.
In 1991, the South Australian Government enacted the
Co-operative and Community Housing Act
to administer the emerging housing co-operative sector in the
state.
In 1996,
the
state signed up to the national
Co-operatives Laws Agreement,
and in 1997 replaced its 1983 act with the
Co-operatives Act 1997.
Housing co-operatives remained under the community housing act.
Under the Australian Uniform Co-operative Laws Agreement, co-operatives in
South Australia are now
regulated under the
Co-operatives National Law (South Australia) Act 2013.
Today, co-operatives in South Australia are involved in a range of economic and
social
activities. There are around 50
distributing co-operatives
in the agricultural, fishing, retail,
transport and wholesale trade industries, and a similar number of
non distributing co-operatives
in the health care, housing and social services industries.
The following are links to South Australian co-operatives with websites. Some
co-operatives are listed more than once due to their activities covering more
than one industry.
ACCOMMODATION and FOOD SERVICES
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Restaurants and Cafés
Marino Rocks Community Co-operative Ltd
Agriculture Support Services
Kersbrooke Co-operative Society Ltd
Lenswood Cold Stores Co-operative Society Ltd
Commodity Marketing
Agriculture Products and Seafood Wholesaling
Fishing Support Services
South Australian Prawn Co-operative Ltd
ELECTRICITY, WATER and WASTE SERVICES
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Energy Related Services
Solar Harvest Community Energy Co-operative Ltd
Meat and Meat Product Manufacturing
Fleurieu Community Co-operative Ltd
PROFESSIONAL and TECHNICAL SERVICES
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Management Advice and Related Consultancy Services
Hen House Co-op Ltd
Residential Property Operators
(Housing co-operatives)
Merz Housing Co-operative Inc.
Phoenix Community Housing Co-operative Inc.
Non-Residential Property Operators
Lativan Co-operative Ltd
Food Retailing
(except
Supermarket and Grocery Stores)
East Arnhem Co-operative Ltd
[NT]
Hardware, Building and Rural Supplies
Ashton Co-operative Society Ltd
Supermarket and Grocery Stores
The Community Co-operative Store (Nuriootpa) Ltd
Road Passenger Transport
Co-operative Taxi Cabs Society Ltd
Agriculture Product Wholesaling
CCW Co-operative Ltd
Master Butchers Co-operative Ltd
Tamara Co-operative Ltd
[NT]
General Line Grocery Wholesaling
Shop Friendly Group Co-operative Ltd
Seafood Wholesaling
Limestone Coast Fishermen's Co-operative Ltd
South Australian Prawn Co-operative Ltd
Other Goods Wholesaling
Hairdressers Co-operative Ltd
The Associated Newsagents Co-operative (SA) Ltd
Dom Polski Society Co-operative Ltd
1. National Co-operatives Law Regulatory Impact Statement, 2010.
2. Gary Lewis, The Democracy Principle: Farmer Co-operatives in Twentieth
Century Australia, 2006.
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