Maryborough in Central Victoria wins approval for a 108 ILU village

Jan 24 2012 Updated July 4, 2023

The Weekly Source

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Much needed extra village accommodation in Maryborough (population 7,700) has been approved by Central Goldfields Shire. This village will add to Vasey RSLs village in the town.

New retirement report’s golden nugget for village operators is on the final page

There is one sentence on Page 15 of the Downsizing Australia report by ASX-listed land lease community operator GemLife and the leading property website realestate.com.au that should be read by all operators: “For downsizers, the home itself must feel like an upgrade, not a compromise,?”

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Ian Horswill

29 Sep 2025

Government Policy

Final Aged Care Rules land – but rollout in 38 days “impossible”

Aged care providers say the final Aged Care Rules 2025 have landed far too late, warning that with just 38 days until the 1 November start date, implementation is “complex at best and impossible at worst.”

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Caroline Egan

24 Sep 2025

Opinion

Would you invest in a business with zero margin?

The latest AN-ACC prices and weightings, released late last Friday, confirmed what many feared: after an initial uplift, the clawback has begun. Operators who saw gains since AN-ACC’s 2023 launch now face funding being stripped back.

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Lauren Broomham

18 Sep 2025

Aged Care

Regis shares dive 27% as AN-ACC reweighting slashes earnings outlook

The ASX-listed residential aged care provider has warned it will scale back development plans after the Federal Government’s AN-ACC price announcement and classification reweightings left funding growth well short of expectations.

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Caroline Egan

22 Sep 2025

Implementation of Royal Commission report “not on track”: Inspector-General of Aged Care

The Inspector-General of Aged Care’s 218-page 2025 Progress Report on the Implementation of the Aged Care Royal Commission Recommendations concludes the “transformative change” called for by The Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety is not on track.

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Caroline Egan

17 hours ago

Government Policy

Aged Care Accommodation Pricing Review announced

At the Ageing Australia conference on Tuesday, Aged Care and Seniors Minister Sam Rae revealed policy expert Nigel Ray PSM and academic Associate Professor Nicole Sutton will lead the residential Aged Care Accommodation Pricing Review, a recommendation of the Aged Care Taskforce.

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Caroline Egan

19 hours ago

Government Policy

Ingenia Communities under investigation by Consumer Affairs Victoria over rental cooking facilities

ASX-listed lifestyle and holiday community operator Ingenia Communities is under investigation by the Victorian consumer regulator over potential breaches of rental regulations at its seven Ingenia Gardens senior rental communities across the state.

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$800K per bed puts aged care grants under strain

The cost of building an aged care bed in regional Australia has blown out to up to $800,000, raising doubts about the impact of the Government’s $300 million Aged Care Capital Assistance Program (ACCAP).

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Caroline Egan

26 Sep 2025