Cocos Islands Cooperative Society

The Cocos Islands Cooperative Society Ltd was formed in 1978 with the assistance of the Australian Government to acquire the business operations of the Clunnies Ross Estates. Historically, the majority of Cocos Malays were members and employees of the Cooperative. The members of the Cooperative elect a 8 person management committee to represent their interests in relations to the operations of the Cooperative. In 2016, the Cooperative moved from the old 1955 Cooperative Society and Ordinates of Singapore, that had been adopted as an ordinance of the Cocos Keeling Islands, to a modern body of law, the Cooperative Act 2009 (WA) (CKI). The Cooperative employs a General Manager to oversee the operations of the Cooperative, and currently employs approximately 70 people, in a range of business activities.