Awards

DCM Institute named one of the top L&D providers in Australia

The DCM Institute has been recognised as one of Australia’s leading learning and development providers by the Institute of Learning Performance Asia Pacific – a leading industry body of Learning and Development professionals with more than 3,000...

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Ian Horswill

07 Jul 2025

Awards

Aura Holdings’ Somerset Indooroopilly scores top architecture award as $3.2M unit sets record

The newly unveiled Stage Two O’Connell buildings, which are named in honour of June O’Connell, and have 88 apartments, were opened in October last year. COX Architecture, which designed the retirement village expansion, was awarded one of nine...

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Ian Horswill

07 Jul 2025

Awards

BASSCare, Ingenia Lifestyle, Keyton and RetireAustralia take two gongs each at National Retirement Living Awards

RetireAustralia, the leading and innovative retirement village operator, and BASSCare (Boroondara Aged Services Society), which operates an integrated program of services including meals-on-wheels, residential care facilities, respite care and...

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Ian Horswill

24 Jun 2025

Awards

DCM Institute shines at the 2025 National Retirement Living Awards

Two existing members of the nation’s top training programme for Village Managers, and one former participant who asked to come back into the programme after she had won, were awarded top honours at the National Retirement Living Awards last Thursday...

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Ian Horswill

24 Jun 2025

Awards

David Moran and Rosemary Southgate appointed Honorary Life Members of Retirement Living Council

At the start of the 2025 Property Council of Australia National Retirement Living Summit, the Retirement Living Council (RLC) inducted two of the sector’s most respected leaders: David Moran, CEO of Southern Cross Care SA, VIC & NT, and...

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Ian Horswill

23 Jun 2025

Awards

Five finalists vie for Village Manager of the Year title at Retirement Living Council’s National Retirement Living Summit

The Programmed Award for Village Manager of the Year at the Retirement Living Council’s National Retirement Living Summit is a highlight of the awards on Thursday night. Deon Moran, an active member of DCM Institute’s Australian leading training...

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Ian Horswill

16 Jun 2025

Awards

Meet the Best Community Development finalists at National Retirement Living Summit

The One Fell Swoop sponsored award, which will be named at the Retirement Living Council’s annual National Retirement Living Summit, which takes place in Brisbane from 18-20 June, is for new developments that have been completed in the previous...

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Ian Horswill

02 Jun 2025

Awards

Corporate Leadership finalists vying for Future Leader of the Year at National Retirement Living Summit

The Future Leader of the Year award at the Retirement Living Council’s annual National Retirement Living Summit, which take places in Brisbane from 18-20 June, is highly coveted. It recognises outstanding young professionals (35 years or under) in...

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Ian Horswill

26 May 2025

Awards

Community Leadership 2025 finalists: National Retirement Living Summit

The Retirement Living Council”s National Retirement Living Summit in Brisbane on 18-20 June featuring the annual awards. Four employees of operators have been chosen as finalists in the Community Leadership category. Community...

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Ian Horswill

19 May 2025

Awards

Kara Jones at Keyton’s Harbourside Village is WA Manager of the Year

The state winners have been selected in preparation for the national award in June – see the full list below. Kara has been the Village Manager at the retirement village with more than 250 residents in Mindarie, a coastal suburb 37km north of...

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Ian Horswill

07 Apr 2025

Awards

Akoya Greenwich Over 55s Community Apartment Project and Curtin Heritage Living win UDIA National Awards

The first “young seniors” development by Alceon, founded by Trevor Loewensohn, Phil Green, who created Babcock & Brown Communities, and Morris Symonds, has firmly put retirement villages in the shade. The strata development built by Stevens...

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Ian Horswill

31 Mar 2025

Awards

SA/NT Village Manager of the Year has a different background to most

In a former life, David Boggan was general manager of multiple private members’ clubs across the country – including a stint at The Gatwick Club in London. He joined SA property investment fund ICAM in 2022 as a village manager within their...

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Ian Horswill

17 Mar 2025

Awards

DCM Institute participant Deon Moran named Qld Village Manager of Year

The active member of the nation’s leading training program for Village Managers received the most nominations for the state award. A resident of BlueCare’s Fraser Shores 1 retirement community in Hervey Bay, on Queensland’s Fraser Coast...

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Ian Horswill

24 Feb 2025