ATO plans to charge GST on manufactured home parks scrapped

Dec 18 2013 Updated July 4, 2023

The Weekly Source

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A concerted effort by the Residents Association of manufactured home parks has headed off the ATO which had planned to impose GST in mobile homes. This would have added 10% to the cost of the purchase of a home.

Exclusive: Aveo to sell off its retirement villages in South Australia and Tasmania

Tony Randello, CEO of the nation’s leading retirement village provider, said the impending sale of its 16 retirement villages in South Australia and Tasmania “aligns with Aveo’s regular strategic review of opportunities across its portfolio”. The...

Ian Horswill

22 Apr 2024

Topic - Aged Care

Breaking news: For Purpose Investment Partners’ aged care platform buys Graeme Croft’s Signature Care

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Lauren Broomham

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Opinion

576 village sellers are waking up: buyers are knocking on doors as the demand and supply penny drops on seniors accommodation

With Aveo selling 16 villages and RetireAustralia, with 29 villages, now also up for full sale (again), we hear a lot about these big players in seniors accommodation, but little about the little guys – and there are a lot of them. In fact we have...

Chris Baynes

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Development

Seniors housing faces becoming “the roadkill of the NSW planning system”

Two major policies recently exhibited by the NSW Department of Planning, Housing, and Infrastructure (DPHI) could have major implications on seniors housing, said Ethos Urban Director Daniel West. The Weekly SOURCE stated last Tuesday that Daniel...

Ian Horswill

16 Apr 2024

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Revised building regulations for NSW Aged Care properties now in force: Russell Kennedy

New building regulations came into effect from 3 July 2023, impacting Class 3 buildings, which includes ‘care-type’ facilities such as accommodation for older people, and Class 9d buildings, which includes buildings for people with care needs...

Caroline Egan

19 Jul 2023

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AI predicting medication intolerances, chatbots providing pill reminders, thumbprint-enabled devices – it’s the future of aged care

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Lauren Broomham

13 Jul 2023

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Project Wellness

CHAPTER ONE: Fitness & Mobility HUR: Why You Need to Get Residents into Your Gymnasium The resistance training performed in gyms is a “preventative against ageing” – so why do so many retirement villages and aged care gyms lie empty?...

Section Editor

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How to build a successful seniors’ living community

One thing every developer of seniors’ living developments will tell you is they create strong communities. But what makes a successful community, and how do providers establish one? For older people moving to a new home in a retirement village or...

Section Editor

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