Government Policy Support grows to keep CHSP beyond 2027 Calls are growing to keep the Commonwealth Home Support Programmed (CHSP) beyond 2027 – and the Government still has no plan or date to fold it into Support at Home. Click here Caroline Egan 6 hours ago
Government Policy The three aged care bombshells from Senate Estimates Last week’s Senate Estimates hearing – held just three weeks before sweeping reforms roll out – gave politicians the chance to ask Government heavyweights the questions they’re getting from constituents and to interrogate the once-in-a-generation changes. Click here Caroline Egan 10 hours ago
Government Policy Aged care’s remoteness tool “not fit for purpose,” consultation finds The Government’s review of the Modified Monash Model (MMM) – used to allocate rural, regional and remote aged care funding – has found the tool is “useful but limited” and, in its current form, “not fit for purpose” for aged care. Click here Caroline Egan 13 hours ago
Home Care Countdown to 1 November: Home care customers “incredibly confused” by co-contributions With the new Aged Care Act just two weeks away, Community Vision CEO Yvonne Timson says the Perth Not For Profit’s priority is helping its 150 Home Care Package clients make sense of new pricing and budgets. Click here Caroline Egan 13 hours ago
Government Policy Aged care visa deal brings just 249 overseas workers in 2.5 years The Aged Care Industry Labour Agreement (ACILA) program – central to the Federal Government’s plan to ease aged care workforce shortages – has fallen well short, with only 249 overseas recruits arriving since May 2023, according to a new report from the Committee for Economic Development of Australia (CEDA). Click here Caroline Egan 13 hours ago
Sector Moves & People Columbia Aged Care CEO Lucy O’Flaherty steps down Lucy O’Flaherty will step down as CEO of Sydney-based private operator Columbia Aged Care at year’s end to become Chief Executive of Not For Profit Primary Health Tasmania. Click here Caroline Egan 14 hours ago
Mergers & Acquisitions Prestige Inhome Care takes on Vision Australia’s Home Care Packages Prestige Inhome Care has assumed management of Vision Australia’s Home Care Package (HCP) clients, effective 1 October 2025. Click here Caroline Egan 14 hours ago
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Government Policy “Three whole wards” can’t be discharged: Premier ramps up call for aged care funding Tasmania’s Premier Jeremy Rockliff says the number of hospital patients medically cleared but unable to be discharged would “fill three full wards,” intensifying pressure on the Commonwealth to lift investment in aged care and disability supports. Click here Caroline Egan 14 hours ago
Government Policy Under the hood of Services Australia’s new aged care systems – and good news When a leading WA provider told The Weekly SOURCE they couldn’t see Support at Home contribution rates by 1 October – the Reform Roadmap deadline – we asked Services Australia for comment. Click here Caroline Egan 14 hours ago
Community Living Colliers: what’s the average cost of a land lease community development in 2025? Colliers Engineering & Design has released its 2025 Land Lease Community Cost Per Site Report: QLD, NSW & VIC, offering detailed insights into the economics of developing land lease communities across Australia’s East Coast. Click here Ian Horswill 13 Oct 2025
Retirement and Community Living Land for Ryman Healthcare’s “biggest-ever project” in Melbourne up for sale Ryman Healthcare’s once-flagship Melbourne development site – billed as its largest project in Australia – has hit the market, marking another sign of the company’s near-total pause on new projects. Click here Ian Horswill 13 Oct 2025
Community Living Colliers: what’s the average cost of a land lease community development in 2025? Colliers Engineering & Design has released its 2025 Land Lease Community Cost Per Site Report: QLD, NSW & VIC, offering detailed insights into the economics of developing land lease communities across Australia’s East Coast. Click here Ian Horswill
Opinion The retirement village identity crisis It is with great interest we are following the developments in South Australia regarding the planning classification of retirement villages as ‘essential infrastructure’. The catalyst? Senior Australians locked in hospital beds with no place to... Click here James Wiltshire
Retirement and Community Living Land for Ryman Healthcare’s “biggest-ever project” in Melbourne up for sale Ryman Healthcare’s once-flagship Melbourne development site – billed as its largest project in Australia – has hit the market, marking another sign of the company’s near-total pause on new projects. Click here Ian Horswill
Sector Moves & People Lifestyle Communities CFO Darren Rowland resigns, with successor named Lifestyle Communities has announced the resignation of Chief Financial Officer (and Joint Company Secretary) Darren Rowland, effective end of January 2026. He has served as CFO since May 2018. Click here Ian Horswill
Development Levande lodges new SSDA to rebuild 40-year-old Killara retirement village Levande has returned with a fresh State Significant Development Application (SSDA) to redevelop the 40-plus-year-old Lourdes Retirement Village at Killara, 14km north-west of the Sydney CBD – more than 18 months after the Sydney North Planning Panel rejected an earlier proposal, a decision the operator called “deeply disappointing.” Click here Ian Horswill
Government Policy Further moves to accelerate retirement living in SA sit on desk of Planning Minister South Australia – now at the epicentre of Australia’s aged care crisis – is yet to decide whether to allow greater building heights for large retirement villages and supported living developments, despite mounting pressure to expand accommodation options for its ageing population. Click here Ian Horswill
Community Living Lifestyle Communities reduces unsold homes by 16% in 1Q FY26 The Victorian land lease community operator provided a trading update for the quarter ended 30 September on Wednesday, 8 October. It said 54 new homes had been settled in the quarter, which puts it on track to break FY25’s total net sales of 139 for... Click here Ian Horswill
Government Policy The three aged care bombshells from Senate Estimates Last week’s Senate Estimates hearing – held just three weeks before sweeping reforms roll out – gave politicians the chance to ask Government heavyweights the questions they’re getting from constituents and to interrogate the once-in-a-generation changes. Click here Caroline Egan 10 hours ago
Government Policy Aged care’s remoteness tool “not fit for purpose,” consultation finds The Government’s review of the Modified Monash Model (MMM) – used to allocate rural, regional and remote aged care funding – has found the tool is “useful but limited” and, in its current form, “not fit for purpose” for aged care. Click here Caroline Egan 13 hours ago
Government Policy Aged care visa deal brings just 249 overseas workers in 2.5 years The Aged Care Industry Labour Agreement (ACILA) program – central to the Federal Government’s plan to ease aged care workforce shortages – has fallen well short, with only 249 overseas recruits arriving since May 2023, according to a new report from the Committee for Economic Development of Australia (CEDA). Click here Caroline Egan 13 hours ago
Sector Moves & People Columbia Aged Care CEO Lucy O’Flaherty steps down Lucy O’Flaherty will step down as CEO of Sydney-based private operator Columbia Aged Care at year’s end to become Chief Executive of Not For Profit Primary Health Tasmania. Click here Caroline Egan 14 hours ago
Government Policy “Three whole wards” can’t be discharged: Premier ramps up call for aged care funding Tasmania’s Premier Jeremy Rockliff says the number of hospital patients medically cleared but unable to be discharged would “fill three full wards,” intensifying pressure on the Commonwealth to lift investment in aged care and disability supports. Click here Caroline Egan 14 hours ago
Government Policy Under the hood of Services Australia’s new aged care systems – and good news When a leading WA provider told The Weekly SOURCE they couldn’t see Support at Home contribution rates by 1 October – the Reform Roadmap deadline – we asked Services Australia for comment. Click here Caroline Egan 14 hours ago
Government Policy Home care wait list surges past 120,000 ahead of 1 November The number of Australians waiting for a Home Care Package has jumped to 121,909 – up 26% in just three months – as fresh data reveals the full scale of the home care backlog. Click here Lauren Broomham 10 Oct 2025
Sector Moves & People Treasure Jennings appointed Aged Care Complaints Commissioner Treasure Jennings, the current head of Victoria’s Mental Health and Wellbeing Commission, has been appointed Aged Care Complaints Commissioner, effective 1 November 2025, just as the new aged care reforms take effect. Click here Caroline Egan 09 Oct 2025
Government Policy Aged care assessments like a “lottery” with Department forced to reallocate referrals The Department of Health, Disability, and Aged Care has intervened in redirecting delayed aged care assessments to organisations that have “greater capacity”, following reports 120,000 older Australians are on the waiting list to be assessed. Click here Caroline Egan 09 Oct 2025
Government Policy Support grows to keep CHSP beyond 2027 Calls are growing to keep the Commonwealth Home Support Programmed (CHSP) beyond 2027 – and the Government still has no plan or date to fold it into Support at Home. Click here Caroline Egan 6 hours ago
Government Policy The three aged care bombshells from Senate Estimates Last week’s Senate Estimates hearing – held just three weeks before sweeping reforms roll out – gave politicians the chance to ask Government heavyweights the questions they’re getting from constituents and to interrogate the once-in-a-generation changes. Click here Caroline Egan 10 hours ago
Government Policy Aged care’s remoteness tool “not fit for purpose,” consultation finds The Government’s review of the Modified Monash Model (MMM) – used to allocate rural, regional and remote aged care funding – has found the tool is “useful but limited” and, in its current form, “not fit for purpose” for aged care. Click here Caroline Egan 13 hours ago
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DIGITAL EDITION Saturday Issue 103 | Tough but fair: The 2025 Mid-Year Review Lauren Broomham 18 Jul 2025
DIGITAL EDITION Saturday Issue 102 | Do you care? 130,000 begging for home care and waiting 17-plus months Lauren Broomham 04 Jul 2025
DIGITAL EDITION Saturday Issue 100 | Plan T: Transforming the ageing journey Lauren Broomham 06 Jun 2025
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Partnering With Westpac January–June 2025 Aged Care & Retirement Living Sector Review: Key Developments, M&A Activity, and Emerging Trends Introduction Australia’s aged care and retirement living sectors experienced significant transformation in the first half of 2025, driven by landmark Government reforms, increased regulatory scrutiny, and strong market activity, including mergers... Click here Lauren Broomham
Partnering With Westpac Westpac Leading Conversations at the Wharf: industry leaders share vision for the future of care in retirement living Three leading operators in the over 50s retirement living market have spoken about where the sector is heading at the latest Westpac Leading Conversations at the Wharf held in Fortitude Valley, Brisbane. The event featured: Glen Brown, Co-Founder... Click here Ian Horswill
Retirement and Community Living Westpac Leading Conversations: Will Baby Boomers pay for additional village care beyond Home Care Packages? The third video from the Westpac/DCM Group lunch in Adelaide gives great insight into where retirement living is heading as the need for care services in retirement villages rises. The question: Will Baby Boomers pay for additional village care... Click here Ian Horswill
Partnering With Westpac “Are you going to increase your village staffing, with the emphasis on care?” Westpac Leading Conversations in Adelaide DCM Group CEO Chris Baynes at the latest Westpac Leading Conversations at the Wharf in Adelaide asked “Are you planning to increase your village staffing?” David Moran, CEO of Southern Cross Care SA, NT & VIC; Jenny Hall, CEO of Uniting S... Click here Ian Horswill
Spotlight They say quality is never an accident – it’s a habit. By Daniel Gannon In Australia’s retirement living sector, we want to see quality all-round, all the time, in all villages, across all jurisdictions, and our goal is very much intentional We know quality equates to happier, healthier communities... Click here Sasja Bouwman
DIGITAL EDITION SATURDAY Issue 72 Risky business: the challenge of dementia in the retirement village With an increasing number of retirement village residents living with some form of cognitive impairment – and few avenues for operators to move them to higher-level care – how can village operators protect themselves and their communities? With... Click here Lauren Broomham
DIGITAL EDITION SATURDAY Issue 71 Does this look like an aged care facility to you? Why this provider wants more people living with dementia to stay at home With people living with dementia for an average of 10 to 12 years, more Australians than ever are living with dementia at home – is it time for a rethink of the ageing journey? People living with dementia can live well at home, but it requires... Click here Lauren Broomham
DIGITAL EDITION SATURDAY Issue 70 From the top down: why dementia is now core business for village operator Keyton The math doesn’t lie. Retirement villages are seeing an increase in the number of residents living with dementia – so how can operators get on the front foot? With the average age of retirement village residents now 81, and one in three... Click here Lauren Broomham
Development Levande lodges new SSDA to rebuild 40-year-old Killara retirement village Levande has returned with a fresh State Significant Development Application (SSDA) to redevelop the 40-plus-year-old Lourdes Retirement Village at Killara, 14km north-west of the Sydney CBD – more than 18 months after the Sydney North Planning Panel rejected an earlier proposal, a decision the operator called “deeply disappointing.” Click here Ian Horswill
Development Stage One of Keyton-managed Sunrise Beach Retirement Village to open in December More than 50% of the 29 villas in Stage One of the Sunrise Beach Retirement Village have already been sold ahead of the community’s official opening on Tuesday, 8 December. The first stage will include the villas, a community clubhouse, and 15 co-located apartments. Click here Ian Horswill
Developments Providence Lifestyle files two DAs for over 500 land lease homes in WA Providence Lifestyle – founded in 2020 by John Green, Brad Denison, James Turnbull and John Wood – has lodged two development applications in Western Australia totalling 504 over-50s homes. Click here Ian Horswill
Government Policy Further moves to accelerate retirement living in SA sit on desk of Planning Minister South Australia – now at the epicentre of Australia’s aged care crisis – is yet to decide whether to allow greater building heights for large retirement villages and supported living developments, despite mounting pressure to expand accommodation options for its ageing population. Click here Ian Horswill
Government Policy Support grows to keep CHSP beyond 2027 Calls are growing to keep the Commonwealth Home Support Programmed (CHSP) beyond 2027 – and the Government still has no plan or date to fold it into Support at Home. Click here Caroline Egan
Government Policy The three aged care bombshells from Senate Estimates Last week’s Senate Estimates hearing – held just three weeks before sweeping reforms roll out – gave politicians the chance to ask Government heavyweights the questions they’re getting from constituents and to interrogate the once-in-a-generation changes. Click here Caroline Egan
Government Policy Aged care’s remoteness tool “not fit for purpose,” consultation finds The Government’s review of the Modified Monash Model (MMM) – used to allocate rural, regional and remote aged care funding – has found the tool is “useful but limited” and, in its current form, “not fit for purpose” for aged care. Click here Caroline Egan
Home Care Countdown to 1 November: Home care customers “incredibly confused” by co-contributions With the new Aged Care Act just two weeks away, Community Vision CEO Yvonne Timson says the Perth Not For Profit’s priority is helping its 150 Home Care Package clients make sense of new pricing and budgets. Click here Caroline Egan
Government Policy Aged care visa deal brings just 249 overseas workers in 2.5 years The Aged Care Industry Labour Agreement (ACILA) program – central to the Federal Government’s plan to ease aged care workforce shortages – has fallen well short, with only 249 overseas recruits arriving since May 2023, according to a new report from the Committee for Economic Development of Australia (CEDA). Click here Caroline Egan
Government Policy “Three whole wards” can’t be discharged: Premier ramps up call for aged care funding Tasmania’s Premier Jeremy Rockliff says the number of hospital patients medically cleared but unable to be discharged would “fill three full wards,” intensifying pressure on the Commonwealth to lift investment in aged care and disability supports. Click here Caroline Egan
Government Policy Under the hood of Services Australia’s new aged care systems – and good news When a leading WA provider told The Weekly SOURCE they couldn’t see Support at Home contribution rates by 1 October – the Reform Roadmap deadline – we asked Services Australia for comment. Click here Caroline Egan
Retirement and Community Living Thousands of NSW village residents to benefit from embedded network price cap Embedded electricity networks – common in retirement villages, land lease communities, apartment blocks and shopping centres – supply multiple premises from a single grid connection and may include electricity, gas, hot water, chilled water or air conditioning. An estimated 95,000 NSW households are covered by these arrangements. Click here Ian Horswill
Government Policy Further moves to accelerate retirement living in SA sit on desk of Planning Minister South Australia – now at the epicentre of Australia’s aged care crisis – is yet to decide whether to allow greater building heights for large retirement villages and supported living developments, despite mounting pressure to expand accommodation options for its ageing population. Click here Ian Horswill
Mergers & Acquisitions Prestige Inhome Care takes on Vision Australia’s Home Care Packages Prestige Inhome Care has assumed management of Vision Australia’s Home Care Package (HCP) clients, effective 1 October 2025. Click here Caroline Egan
International US manufactured home sector tipped to hit US$18.9B by 2030 – Australia’s land lease market not far behind Australia’s land lease community sector was valued at $13.5 billion in 2024 – and now its US equivalent, the manufactured homes market, is forecast to grow from US$13.74 billion in 2025 to US$18.92 billion by 2030. Click here Ian Horswill
Sector Moves & People Australian Community Housing names Mark Degotardi as inaugural CEO Australian Community Housing (ACH) – formed in 2025 through the merger of Australian Community Housing Infrastructure and PowerHousing Australia – has appointed Mark Degotardi as its first Chief Executive Officer. Click here Ian Horswill
Housing News RAAFA WA to build Andrew Russell Veteran Living in Perth after funding secured Construction is now underway on a dedicated facility to temporarily house veterans at risk of homelessness, following a sod-turning ceremony in Cannington, Perth’s southern suburbs. Click here Ian Horswill
Housing News SA Govt ramps up housing for vulnerable older women South Australia’s Department for Housing and Urban Development is investing in more housing options for vulnerable older women, with three significant projects underway or recently completed in Adelaide. Click here Ian Horswill
Community Living Bendigo seniors’ housing rebuild kicks off with VIC Govt funding Victoria Premier Jacinta Allan has marked the start of construction on VincentCare Community Housing’s seniors’ living redevelopment in Bendigo, part of the State Government’s Big Housing Build and Regional Housing Fund. Click here Ian Horswill
Housing Build to Rent booms on Govt largesse, while retirement living left behind Retirement villages remain “all intent and purposes” full – yet the sector continues to face massive hurdles with redevelopment and access to land for new projects. Click here Ian Horswill
Housing News Aspen smashes FY25 guidance Aspen Group, led by Joint Chief Executives John Carter and David Dixon, has once again proved itself to be the unassuming hero of affordable housing. Click here Ian Horswill
Housing Summerhill Village in West Footscray, Melbourne, for women over 55, opens Summerhill Village is an innovative, purpose-built social housing project designed for older women to live independently and age in place while enjoying the benefits of community living. Jointly owned by Not For Profit United Housing Co-operative... Click here Ian Horswill
Housing Juniper drives 2,500km solution: modular homes for aged care staff in the Kimberley A convoy of trucks rolled into Fitzroy Crossing on Sunday, 10 August, carrying long-awaited modular homes that will provide accommodation for staff at Juniper’s Guwardi Ngadu Residential Aged Care Home. Click here Caroline Egan
Housing News Uniting NSW.ACT secures $1.75M grant for social housing energy upgrades Uniting NSW.ACT has received $1.75 million from the Australian and NSW Governments to deliver energy-efficient upgrades – including hot water heat pumps, reverse-cycle air conditioners and solar panels – across 300 of its community housing units. Click here Ian Horswill
Sector Moves & People Catholic Health Australia CEO Jason Kara resigns After two years leading the peak advocacy body for Australia’s largest non-government group of health, aged and community care services, Jason Kara has announced his resignation. Click here Ian Horswill
Opinion The retirement village identity crisis It is with great interest we are following the developments in South Australia regarding the planning classification of retirement villages as ‘essential infrastructure’. The catalyst? Senior Australians locked in hospital beds with no place to... Click here James Wiltshire
Opinion These new retirement villages show providing care is here and now Gone are the days when retirement living was defined by community centres, swimming pools and bowling greens. While these amenities still exist – the provision of care is now a core part of the value proposition. Hyegrove Willoughby on Sydney’s... Click here Ian Horswill
Opinion Is prevention – and Hospital in the Home – the only cure for an ailing health system? Australia needs more aged care beds and more Home Care Packages – but we also need to stop treating hospitals as the first and last resort. That means a focus on prevention – and on alternative models like Hospital in the Home. Click here Lauren Broomham
Opinion Operators must have courage – don’t wait for accommodation review The review into residential aged care accommodation pricing.announced by Aged Care and Seniors Minister Sam Rae is welcome but operators already have levers they aren’t pulling. Since 1 January 2025, providers have had the ability to raise Refundable Accommodation Deposits (RADs) to $750,000. Click here Lauren Broomham
Opinion New retirement report’s golden nugget for village operators is on the final page There is one sentence on Page 15 of the Downsizing Australia report by ASX-listed land lease community operator GemLife and the leading property website realestate.com.au that should be read by all operators: “For downsizers, the home itself must feel like an upgrade, not a compromise,?” Click here Ian Horswill
Funding 21 aged care homes’ worth of hospital patients stuck waiting for discharge As Premiers and Health Ministers battle Canberra over hospital funding, a new report has revealed a key reason costs are surging: thousands of older Australians remain stranded in hospital beds because there’s nowhere else for them to go. Click here Caroline Egan
Aged Care Govt forecasts 4,000 new beds for 2026-27 but will AN-ACC funding drive new builds? The Federal Government is forecasting 4,000 new residential aged care beds to come online in 2026-27, but questions remain whether the sector can keep pace with demand as Australia’s over-85 population surges. A spokesperson for the Department of... Click here Lauren Broomham
Government Policy StewartBrown: factor care margins into AN-ACC funding StewartBrown’s latest analysis of the AN-ACC funding decision has delivered a clear warning: the increase is too low to cover ordinary cost rises and wages, with direct care margins expected to fall further. Historically, those care margins have been used to cross-subsidise losses in accommodation and hotel services. With that buffer narrowing, StewartBrown argues the time has come for the sector to push for margins to be explicitly factored into care funding. Click here Caroline Egan
Sector Moves & People Vale Rupert Smoker, Founder and CEO of Evolution Trustees Aspen Group has announced the “sudden and unexpected passing” of Rupert Smoker, Founder, Managing Director and CEO of Evolution Trustees, on Thursday 18 September. Click here Ian Horswill
Housing News Uniting NSW.ACT secures $1.75M grant for social housing energy upgrades Uniting NSW.ACT has received $1.75 million from the Australian and NSW Governments to deliver energy-efficient upgrades – including hot water heat pumps, reverse-cycle air conditioners and solar panels – across 300 of its community housing units. Click here Ian Horswill
Government Policy 18,650 social and affordable homes funded as 370 homes repurposed The Australian Government’s flagship Housing Australia Future Fund (HAFF) has agreed to fund 9,284 social and 9,366 affordable homes through 279 successful projects under the first two funding rounds of the HAFF and National Housing Accord Facility... Click here Ian Horswill
Funding Aspen Group aimed to raise $4M – but could have taken $18M The ASX-listed affordable accommodation provider, which has 10 active projects, announced a Security Purchase Plan (SPP) on Wednesday, 28 May, offering existing investors the opportunity to acquire up to $30,000 in Aspen Group securities without... Click here Ian Horswill
Funding Land lease operator GemLife’s IPO to surpass Virgin Australia, with 3 July listing confirmed Adrian Puljich, his father Peter and Singapore diversified company Thakral Corporation opened talks on the possibilility of becoming a publicly listed business in April. A prospectus for the float will be lodged with the Australian Securities and... Click here Ian Horswill
Aged Care “Burdensome and underfunded”: aged care sector tells IHACPA what they think of AN-ACC cost collection The Independent Health and Aged Care Pricing Authority (IHACPA) has released a 46-page report outlining the feedback received from the sector in the latest round of consultations on their pricing methodology. IHACPA received submissions from... Click here Caroline Egan
Funding Aspen Group raises $70M, launches bid for additional $4M in capital raise The ASX-listed affordable accommodation provider – known for owning all its properties and projects – announced a Security Purchase Plan (SPP) on Wednesday (28 May), offering existing investors the opportunity to acquire up to $30,000 in Aspen securities without incurring broker fees, commissions, or other transaction costs. Click here Ian Horswill
Funding Aspen touts 20% return on invested capital at property investor event The ASX-listed affordable housing provider has revealed strong performance metrics, highlighting a 20% return on invested capital across its portfolio of more than 1,500 sites in 10 communities. Speaking at Barrenjoey’s Emerging Property Companies... Click here Lauren Broomham
Funding Mareeba Community Housing Co granted extension to management of Community Housing for Seniors The community at the base of Cape York Peninsula in Far North Queensland has more than 300 locals, including seniors, currently vulnerable to homelessness. Mareeba Community Housing Company (MCHC), which was given a three-year extension to its... Click here Ian Horswill
Retirement and Community Living Village sector only stronger 12 months after ABC 7.30’s Retirement Rip-Off story: RLC Retirement Living Council Executive Director Daniel Gannon, who was interrupted 78 times after agreeing to talk to ABC 7.30 reporter Adele Ferguson 12 months ago, said “Rather than retreat, the Retirement Living Council tackled fiction with facts - and trhe industry stood united.“ Click here Ian Horswill
Home Care ABC 7.30 hones in on higher home care fees under Support at Home The ABC’s 7.30 program has put the spotlight on increased consumer contributions under the Government’s new Support at Home scheme, set to begin 1 November 2025. As The Weekly SOURCE reported in SATURDAY back in July, from 1 November 2025, clients approved for Home Care Packages after 12 September 2024 will be required to contribute up to 15% of their service costs. That co-payment could mean $70 to $210 per week for basics like showering or domestic help. Click here Caroline Egan
Legal Issues Heritage Care found not guilty over deadly COVID-19 outbreak in 2020 A jury has found Victorian aged care provider Heritage Care did not breach the state’s Occupational Health and Safety laws by not properly training staff to use personal protective equipment (PPE) before a deadly COVID-19 outbreak. Click here Caroline Egan
In the Headlines Lifestyle Communities sells Ocean Grove land to pay down debt ASX-listed land lease operator Lifestyle Communities has finalised the first of four land sales as part of a $114 million divestment program to cut debt. Click here Ian Horswill
News & Headlines SATURDAY is your water cooler talking point: Odyssey’s new direction When Odyssey Lifestyle Care Communities began planning its $150 million Chevron Island project, it leaned on trusted tier-one contractors. For its future pipeline, the operator is taking a new path. CEO Aaron Lavell talks exclusively to SATURDAY... Click here Ian Horswill
In the Headlines Macquarie-backed Millbray enters land lease market with $2.9B fund and 5,000-home target Macquarie Asset Management has officially unveiled Millbray, a new vertically integrated land lease communities group, with plans to deliver at least 5,000 homes along Australia’s eastern seaboard. Click here Ian Horswill
Government Policy Government confirms AN-ACC price rise and 42% hotelling supplement boost The Albanese Government has confirmed new funding increases for residential aged care from next month – including a significant 42% jump in the hotelling supplement. From 1 October 2025, the Australian National Aged Care Classification (AN-ACC)... Click here Lauren Broomham
Funding 21 aged care homes’ worth of hospital patients stuck waiting for discharge As Premiers and Health Ministers battle Canberra over hospital funding, a new report has revealed a key reason costs are surging: thousands of older Australians remain stranded in hospital beds because there’s nowhere else for them to go. Click here Caroline Egan
Technology The Pure Food Co launches internationally-inspired specialised texture modified meals for aged care With new aged care quality standards set to force operators to provide greater choice at meal times, the nutrition technology innovator has launched a range of internationally-inspired specialised meals to give every resident a taste of home. The... Click here Ian Horswill
Ageing SATURDAY sounds the alarm: Dementia is ‘galloping’ through retirement villages Dementia rates in villages are climbing fast – but with limited staff, legal barriers to moving residents, and no clear safety net, operators risk being caught off guard. Where are the biggest risks – and what’s being tried to fix them? Find out in this week’s SATURDAY, our premium digital magazine. Click here Lauren Broomham
Government Policy Under the hood of Services Australia’s new aged care systems – and good news When a leading WA provider told The Weekly SOURCE they couldn’t see Support at Home contribution rates by 1 October – the Reform Roadmap deadline – we asked Services Australia for comment. Click here Caroline Egan
Opinion Is prevention – and Hospital in the Home – the only cure for an ailing health system? Australia needs more aged care beds and more Home Care Packages – but we also need to stop treating hospitals as the first and last resort. That means a focus on prevention – and on alternative models like Hospital in the Home. Click here Lauren Broomham
Mergers & Acquisitions Accel-KKR snaps up MOA in its second aged care tech buy US private equity giant Accel-KKR has sealed its second big play in Australia’s aged care software market, acquiring quality improvement platform MOA in a deal that could reshape the technology landscape. It follows Accel-KKR’s June purchase of Health Metrics. Click here Lauren Broomham
Technology Keyton renews contract with Excite Technology for $2.1M The leading retirement village operator, owned by Aware Super (49.9%), APG Asset Management (25%) and Lendlease (25.1%), has renewed its contract with the ASX-listed technology provider. Excite Technology Services Limited said the $2.14 million... Click here Ian Horswill
Mergers & Acquisitions Prestige Inhome Care takes on Vision Australia’s Home Care Packages Prestige Inhome Care has assumed management of Vision Australia’s Home Care Package (HCP) clients, effective 1 October 2025. Click here Caroline Egan
Mergers & Acquisitions Bain Capital assesses what’s best for fattened Estia Health 23 months after $838M buy The US-based private investor is reportedly believed to have contracted investment bank Barrrenjoey to see if its residential aged care business can be sold for a sizeable profit or should be floated on the ASX. The Australian, which reported Bain... Click here Ian Horswill
Mergers & Acquisitions Hall & Prior acquires Lake Cathie Manor for 15th aged care home in NSW Hall & Prior has added another home to its growing New South Wales portfolio, acquiring Lake Cathie Manor, a 129-bed aged care home on the state’s Mid North Coast that only opened last year. Click here Caroline Egan
Sector Moves & People Seniors living consultancy Ethos Urban rebrands as Colliers Urban Planning Ethos Urban, one of Australia’s leading planning and urban development consultancies with a strong footprint in seniors housing, has taken on a new identity as Colliers Urban Planning. Click here Ian Horswill
Mergers & Acquisitions Eureka’s all-age rental model expands into WA with $22.5M buy Eureka Group Holdings has made its biggest move since Simon Owen took the helm, paying $22.5 million for Hillside Garden Village in Mount Richon, 30km southeast of Perth’s CBD. Click here Ian Horswill
Redevelopments Anglicare to bring aged care home in Sydney’s northwest back to life Not For Profit faith-based operator Anglicare Sydney today announced it has signed a lease for the former Wesley Rayward site in Carlingford, 22km northwest of Sydney’s CBD, which will be recommissioned and is expected to welcome new residents into 74 rooms in 2026. Click here Ian Horswill
Mergers & Acquisitions Roshana Care Group acquires closed aged care home in regional NSW Perth-based aged care operator Roshana Care Group will reopen Rosedurnate Aged Care, in Parkes, a town 355km west of Sydney, which The Salvation Army closed in 2024. The 70-bed home will be refurbished before reopening in the first quarter of 2026. Parkes Mayor Neil Westcott said “wonderful news”. Click here Caroline Egan
Mergers & Acquisitions Accel-KKR snaps up MOA in its second aged care tech buy US private equity giant Accel-KKR has sealed its second big play in Australia’s aged care software market, acquiring quality improvement platform MOA in a deal that could reshape the technology landscape. It follows Accel-KKR’s June purchase of Health Metrics. Click here Lauren Broomham
Government Policy “Development pipeline across sector not going to be sufficient for ageing population” “The development pipeline across the industry is not going to be sufficient for the ageing population,” Tony told the Property Council Click here Ian Horswill
Aged Care Opinion: the next aged care crisis is here Read more about Australia’s ‘true’ occupancy rate – and the consolidation taking place in the residential care sector in SATURDAY – subscribe here Click here Lauren Broomham
Development Only in SATURDAY – the real reason aged care beds are hard to find The Department of Health and Aged Care puts occupancy at 86.2%. Our investigations differ To find out why, subscribe to our premium digital magazine SATURDAY HERE Click here Caroline Egan
Home Care Fiji PM hints at reducing PALM worker numbers The Prime Minister of Fiji, Sitiveni Rabuka, has indicated that the number of unskilled or semi-skilled workers that come to Australia through the Pacific Australia Labour Mobility (PALM) scheme could be cut, which could limit an important source of... Click here Caroline Egan
Community Living New Zealand needs more retirement villages to meet the demand A new report by real estate firm JLL on the sector across the Tasman Sea has found demand for places is outstripping supply. A total of 36 new villages were added to the development pipeline last year with 452 villages currently providing homes for... Click here Ian Horswill
The Weekly SOURCE Will retirement living operators heed the call in Western Australia? The state government has said it seeks to collaborate with the property and construction industry to “increase the supply and diversity of social housing”. The Department of Communities states it is particularly interested in submissions that... Click here Ian Horswill
Aged Care IHACPA releases Consultation Paper for aged care funding in 2024–25 The Independent Hospital and Aged Care Pricing Authority (IHACPA) has released its Consultation Paper on the Pricing Framework for Australian Residential Aged Care Services 2024–25 and asking for submissions from relevant stakeholders. The report... Click here Caroline Egan
The Economy ONLY IN SATURDAY: Aveo Group CEO on making serviced apartments profitable Serviced apartments, or assisted living options in retirement villages, have been a challenge for the retirement living sector. Ageing village serviced apartments with relatively high weekly fees to cover the mandated meals and other services are... Click here Caroline Egan
DCM Research DCM Institute survey: How long Village Managers think they will stay in the role The DCM Institute survey of 186 retirement village and community managers across Australia asked how long Village Managers intend to stay in the role and why they intend to leave. The survey found that 78% of Village Managers were generally... Click here Section Editor
Topic - Aged Care Anglicare Sydney pledges to reimburse study debt after one year’s service Anglicare Sydney has launched a new program to support nurses – it will pay off student debt for employee nurses after one year of study. The new program already has more than 100 interested trainee nurses. Anglicare Sydney’s Chief Executive... Click here Section Editor
Topic - Aged Care Even with 15% pay rise, aged care staff are still earning less than their public hospital colleagues Even after the 15% pay rise, entry level Registered Nurses working in aged care on the Award will still be earning 17% less than their public hospital counterparts. Data provided by the Australian Nursing & Midwifery Federation (ANMF) shows that... Click here Section Editor
Topic - Aged Care 15% wage rise won’t deliver financial sustainability to aged care sector: StewartBrown The aged care accounting firm has released its analysis of the Government’s funding for a 15% wage increase for aged care workers in the Budget – concluding that the extra funding will fail to deliver the financial sustainability that the sector... Click here Section Editor
Retirement and Community Living Summerset Group starts construction on fourth Australian village as it breaks sales record again The New Zealand-based retirement village operator is reaping the rewards of introducing upfront payments for its care suites, reporting record sales in the second quarter of the year. Click here Ian Horswill
International US manufactured home sector tipped to hit US$18.9B by 2030 – Australia’s land lease market not far behind Australia’s land lease community sector was valued at $13.5 billion in 2024 – and now its US equivalent, the manufactured homes market, is forecast to grow from US$13.74 billion in 2025 to US$18.92 billion by 2030. Click here Ian Horswill
International Ryman Healthcare to dual list on ASX this week Ryman Healthcare, New Zealand’s largest retirement living provider, will join the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) on Wednesday, 1 October, as part of a dual listing to broaden its investor base. Click here Ian Horswill
Mergers & Acquisitions Brookfield offloads Aveo, targets US$10B American seniors housing giant Fresh from selling Aveo for $3.85 billion, Brookfield Asset Management is looking to spend more than US$10 billion (A$15 billion) acquiring Yes! Communities, a major US manufactured home operator owned by Singapore’s sovereign wealth fund GIC. Click here Ian Horswill
International EQT’s Metlifecare lifts profit 25% on record sales New Zealand retirement village operator Metlifecare – owned by Swedish investment giant EQT – has posted a 25% rise in annual profit and record sales for FY25, as demand for village housing and care continues to accelerate. Click here Ian Horswill
International 10 seniors killed in deadliest fire in Massachusetts in over 40 years Ten elderly people have died from a fire that sewpt through an assisted living home Gabriel House in Fall River, Massachusetts, with many residents in wheelchairs or wearing oxygen tanks. It was the deadliest fire in the state since 1984 Click here Ian Horswill
International Macquarie to launch $5B senior housing platform - in the US Sydney-based Macquarie Asset Management is launching a dedicated senior hiousing platform across the Pacific Ocean. It has linked with Chicage-based Health Wave Partners, a boutique investment firm specialising in high-quality senior housing across... Click here Ian Horswill
International NZ retirement villages take more than 20 years to turn a profit: Grant Thornton Retirement villages in New Zealand can take more than two decades to become profitable, according to a new study from auditor and advisory firm Grant Thornton. The report, The Path to Profitability, found the average retirement village reaches... Click here Ian Horswill