The paper trail, in public.

A single sourced page mapping every load-bearing issue from the original proposal to its current treatment, severity tier, and the briefing carrying the detail. Start here if you only read one document.

Why we do not, and will not, offer fixed dividends or first-mortgage positions to community members at this stage. Plain-language explainer.

Natural Person rule under the Tasmanian Liquor Licensing Act 1990; Distributing vs Non-Distributing co-op trade-off; what a Disclosure Statement is and when it’s required.

What the Tasmanian Heritage Register listing (Place ID 3472) means in legal terms, what triggers Heritage Council approval, and what the Building Code and Food Standard 3.2.3 add for any change-of-use feasibility work.

The seven ICA principles, why investor-reserved board seats and complex sociocracy don't fit Australian co-op law, and the simple board-and-publican structure the rework proposes for Stage 1.

What an actual Stage-2 feasibility study would scope: workstreams, consultants needed, recurring compliance and insurance costs the original proposal didn't carry, and the sensitivity tests a credible go/no-go recommendation must survive.

Funding-source menu for a community-owned pub: grants, social finance, equity crowdfunding, member shares, UK CBS precedents, and the CNL Disclosure Statement boundary between exploring and offering. Not a fundraising plan.

Public ledger of every case study cited in earlier drafts, with verification status and the reason any have been removed from this page.

Working register of Australian community-owned and co-operative pub/hotel precedents: verified analogues, historical cases, adjacent co-ops, and candidates needing stronger source work.

Income tax, GST, ACNC charity pathway, FBT, payroll tax, stamp duty, land tax, and the AASB 132 member-share equity vs debt classification for a Tasmanian community co-operative pub.

Huon Valley LPS (parcel zone still being confirmed against PlanBuild Tasmania), the DA process via PlanBuild Tasmania, Heritage Council discretionary permit, NCC change-of-use, acoustic management, and food premises registration for a community pub.

Selected LISTmap layers for the site: cadastre, planning zones and overlays, heritage, servicing, building footprints, and screening results from flood and soil layers.

Co-op-aware lenders, SEFA, Bendigo Community Bank, the CSF structural incompatibility with CNL co-operatives, Co-operative Capital Units, and Australian and UK community-pub precedents.

Contradictions between the operating model's governance design and Australian co-operative law principles.

The official heritage listing for the Commercial Hotel, including statement of significance and protected fabric.

The version of this page in print-ready form, with the research notes and disclosures included.

Draft v1.1 of the Cygnet Community Co-operative’s rules (non-distributing, share capital, member loans, asset lock) and the founding statements that sit alongside them. Circulated for community feedback — not adopted, not financial advice.

Plain answers to the questions we hear most — what ownership could mean, what shares and loans are, and what a non-distributing co-op can and can’t do.

Independent analysis of whether the venue can plausibly trade as a community-owned pub. Will only be commissioned if Stage 1 EOI shows enough community support.

Required under Co-operatives National Law only if a distributing co-op is later proposed and shares are offered. Would be reviewed by qualified counsel before any release.