Bland Shire Council has sold West Wyalong's Waratah Aged Care Village to Royal Freemasons Benevolent Institute after it made another $500,000 annual loss. First action is the redundancy of nine mostly part time nursing staff, replaced by two full time staff. How much the Freemasons paid is not known.
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.
