Becton starts winning support

Nov 29 2012 Updated July 4, 2023

The Weekly Source

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Boutique funds manager, Titanium Property Investment, has increased its investment in the Becton Group to 14%. Justifying their investment in part is the refinancing of the Becton Retirement Living business. Titanium represents sophisticated property investors.

Australian Senate votes for two separate inquiries into aged care reform

The Senate has voted to establish two new Senate inquiries into the Government’s historic aged care reforms, rollout out on the weekend after years of preparation, amid concerns they will not deliver for older Australians.

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Caroline Egan

04 Nov 2025

Government Policy

No excuse for providers to not be ready on 1 November: Aged Care Minister Sam Rae

Aged Care Minister Sam Rae has told ABC radio the Aged Care Rules have been in place for “a significant amount of time” and the Government has been listening to and supporting to the sector, “so, there really isn’t an excuse from any provider to not be prepared for 1 November”.

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Caroline Egan

23 Oct 2025

Mergers & Acquisitions

Aged care consolidation continues: Regis Aged Care on the march

The ASX-listed operator has entered into binding agreements to acquire family-owned OC Health’s two remaining aged care homes for $45 million plus a $36 million liability for RADs. The purchase of Ocean Mist, in Torquay, a seaside town southwest of...

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Caroline Egan

23 Oct 2025

Opinion

Retirement villages now hot investments: Here is why

Aveo is even sweeter in that it has been moving its contracts to a mix of upfront payments rather than the DMF. In March 2024, we reported in The Weekly SOURCE that a third of new Aveo customers have chosen an alternative to the traditional deferred...

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Chris Baynes

04 Nov 2025

Ahead of the Federal Election, The SOURCE asks CEOs for their aged care wishlist

With politicians already on the campaign trail before a date has been announced for this year’s Federal election, The Weekly SOURCE is asking CEOs across the ageing sector what they want from the politicians now. Byron Cannon, Chief Executive...

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All (retirement village) eyes are on Canberra and care

Over the last three months there has been a flurry of activity in the retirement living sector to position villages as a care solution, in Canberra, within the sector and with customers. Will villages be providing 50,000 beds into the residential...

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The new Aged Care Act: will it make or break the future delivery of care into retirement villages?

The new Aged Care Act represents a fundamental shift for the business of ageing that could be a boon for village and aged care operators alike – as long as the bureaucrats don’t regulate the opportunities for care in villages out of existence.

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Lauren Broomham

18 Jan 2024