Following the 5 year saga of the Karrinyup Lakes village where extreme bullying of residents and flouting building approvals was exposed, the WA Government has approved new laws that ban any person convicted of a serious offence, found involuntary insolvent or struck off as a company director. The tribunal powers have also been clarified on making orders to complete works promised to residents in contracts. In the Karrinyup Lakes case the operator, Moss Glades, was ordered to repay $545,000 and eventually went into liquidation.
Opinion
RIP: We are seeing the death of the family-run aged care operator
It feels like I am writing an obituary to family-run aged care facilities. Once the backbone of the sector, multi-generation operators are now selling out at a pace not seen before. The sell-off is accelerating, with three landmark deals in just two...
