Older South Australians who live in their own homes will benefit from a $12 million boost to aged care services through the Home and Community Care (HACC) program. Minister for Mental Health and Ageing Mark Butler said the Gillard Governments contribution to the funding increase was $7.5 million. The remainder of the money- $4.6M is being provided by the SA Government.
ATO plans to charge GST on manufactured home parks scrapped
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