Canberra's retirement and aged care operators would be hit with a tax of up to $20,000 a bed by the ACT Government if the recommendations of a Treasury-ordered report are adopted. Recommendations are for a charge of $40,000 to allow each retirement village unit to be built, $20,000 for a new nursing home bed, and $10,000 each for new child-care places.
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66 recipients of Aged Care Capital Assistance Program grants announced
The Australia Government has announced 66 recipients of its Aged Care Capital Assistance Program with grants worth $300 million. The largest - a grant of more than $50 million - has gone to Southern Cross Care (QLD) to build a new 94-bed residential care home in Broken Hill, NSW.