Another Not For Profit announces development

Jul 19 2012 Updated July 4, 2023

The Weekly Source

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While the private sector development is stalled, the Good Shepherd Lodge in Mackay (QLD) has announced a new lifestyle community, which will provide 60 aged care beds, plus 26 one and two bedroom apartments and 18 two and three bedroom villas in its first stage.

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Ex-Fresh Hope Communities CEO Dan Dwyer finds new interim role

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