In late march 2025 the Co-operatives Federation of Australia held their assembly, or conference.

Align in the Sound was there to have a short yarn with many of the very diverse Co-ops who were present.

Here is one now!

In late march 2025 the Co-operatives Federation of Australia held their assembly, or conference.

Align in the Sound was there to have a short yarn with many of the very diverse Co-ops who were present.

Here is one now!

In late march 2025 the Co-operatives Federation of Australia held their assembly, or conference.

Align in the Sound was there to have a short yarn with many of the very diverse Co-ops who were present.

Here is one now!

In late march 2025 the Co-operatives Federation of Australia held their assembly, or conference.

Align in the Sound was there to have a short yarn with many of the very diverse Co-ops who were present.

Here is one now!

In late march 2025 the Co-operatives Federation of Australia held their assembly, or conference.

Align in the Sound was there to have a short yarn with many of the very diverse Co-ops who were present.

Here is one now!

In late march 2025 the Co-operatives Federation of Australia held their assembly, or conference.

Align in the Sound was there to have a short yarn with many of the very diverse Co-ops who were present.

Here is one now!

School Without Walls (SWOW) was a fully democratic school that ran from 1974 to 1997, when it was forced to shut down by Kate Carnell’s Liberal Party local government.

Many of those (including myself) who had the opportunity to learn at SWOW remain embittered that something quite that good - many would say life-changing – no longer exists.

There are scant records available from SWOW, and this series of oral histories aims to fill that gap as fully as possible.

In this interview, we talk with Clive Mackillop, long time teacher from the latter half of SWOW.

On 15 October 2023 we will mark the 70th anniversary of the first mainland British nuclear test in Australia, at Emu Field in South Australia, on the country of the Pitjantjatjara and Yankunytjatjara peoples.

This week, parliamentarians have the opportunity to hear from Yankunytjatjara, Antikarinya, and Pitjantjatjara woman and nuclear test survivor, June Lennon, who was four months old, in October 1953, when the Totem 1 nuclear bomb was detonated at Emu Field.

We should never forget that Ms Lennon’s family and First Nations people were treated abysmally in this matter – given no proper warning or protection, let alone consultation and prior informed consent in relation to the profoundly harmful and toxic use of their country. There is no disputing the fact that the British and Australian governments were utterly carless in their consideration of Aboriginal people.

Through these secret nuclear weapons test, which were not sanctioned by an Australian cabinet or parliamentary process, Aboriginal people experienced dispossession and displacement, and their sacred lands were irrevocably poisoned. The truth about the tests and their impact was covered up, and the severe injustice went unrecognised and unaddressed for decades. Indeed, it is not well understood or acknowledged in Australia today.

From: ICAN Australia media release Jun 15 2023

At thie Feb 2021 CoCanberra / NENA Canberra Regional Hub we welcomed Katherine Cunningham, who explains the Earthworker Co-operative system, a residual outgrowth of the Builders Laborers Federation, (famous for its Green Bans - so effective that the union was made illegal) and a coalition of unionists and greenies based in Melbourne.

At the August 2022 CoCanberra / NENA Canberra Regional Hub meetup we welcomed our very own Scotty Foster and Keith Colls, to explain our project the Soil City Co-operative Farms.

CoCanberra is building the new economy on the ground, using the concept of “[Climate Co-operatives]” to provide for our needs in ways which are compatible with a thriving community and natural world. As a key part of the design, communities obtain ownership and control of the organisations which meet their needs.

This Co-operative is CoCanberra's project to set up a regenerative food system for Canberra and its surrounding area.