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Hall & Prior continues aged care expansion with purchase of Perth heritage-listed school

Family-owned Hall & Prior Health & Aged Care Group has acquired the vacant building of the Loreto School in Nedlands, an upmarket suburb of Perth, with plans to develop a health and aged care precinct with community amenity.

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“Cut red tape in aged care,” urges St Basil’s NSW/ACT CEO Diana Horvatovic

The CEO of the Sydney-based Not For Profit has called for a significant overhaul in aged care, arguing that reducing “bureaucratic red tape and regulatory burdens” would allow providers to shift focus from administrative and financial obstacles to delivering higher standards of care for older Australians.

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Ageing Australia: new CHSP agreements could still leave older Australians without care

The peak body for aged care providers has welcomed Government assurances that Commonwealth Home Support Programme (CHSP) customers will have 12 months to enter into new service agreements, but says the surprise new requirement should be waived for very small providers and simplified for older Australians receiving a small number of services.

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Consultants paid nearly $30K per day to operate My Aged Care

The Department of Health and Aged Care has awarded digital consultants Liquid Interactive a $2.9 million extension on its contract to “operate and enhance” My Aged Care, making the total contract worth $26.5 million.

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Technology

Why mecwacare invested $20M in its tech transformation: LEADERS SUMMIT 2025 videos available online

At the 2025 LEADERS SUMMIT 2025, Anne McCormack, CEO of Victorian aged care provider mecwacare, and Sanmeet Bhatia, Vice President Public Sector and Health (Asia Pacific/Japan) with global tech consultants Cognizant, spoke about their journey to overhaul the aged care provider’s technology systems.

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Sector Moves & People

Calvary Health Care announces McKinsey & Co’s Damien Bruce to become National CEO

McKinsey & Company consultant Damien Bruce has been appointed National CEO of Calvary Health Care, the Catholic health, home, and aged care provider, following the retirement of current National CEO Martin Bowles earlier this year.

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29 Apr 2025

Community Living

Cranbrook Care to focus on retirement living as it quits residential aged care

The Sydney-based private operator, which owns the 50-apartment Cranbrook Residences and the adjacent older Golf Shore Retirement Village in Norwest, 35km northwest of the Sydney CBD, has announced its intention to expand its retirement living business.

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28 Apr 2025

Home Care

What will Support at Home mean for private aged care? Watch LEADERS SUMMIT 2025 videos - now available online

At the recent LEADERS SUMMIT 2025, James Wiltshire, Executive Director of the DCM Institute, asked Aaron Lavell, Director of Odyssey Lifestyle Care Communities, and Byron Cannon, CEO of LDK Seniors’ Living, what the incoming Support at Home reforms...

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28 Apr 2025

Aged Care

Anglicare Southern Queensland reveals new branding to take it into the future

Anglicare Southern Queensland, which has 28 aged care homes and 35,000 home care and disability customers, has refreshed its branding with the assistance of creative agency Hero. Chief Client Officer, Chloe Henry, says, “The changes will help enable us to better tell our story and connect with Queenslanders.“

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“Legislated to make a loss”: Resthaven CEO Darren Birbeck calls for urgent action on aged care funding

The CEO of the South Australian Not For Profit has warned the Federal Government that aged care providers are being “legislated to make a loss” under current reforms, in his contribution to The Weekly SOURCE’s political wishlist series ahead of the 3 May Federal Election.

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Home Care

$1.3M awarded, $18.7M left untouched: home care sector slams aged care IT grant rollout

Just 119 of Australia’s 1,600 home care providers have received funding under the Federal Government’s Aged Care Act Transition Support 2024–25 grant program, according to data published on GrantConnect.

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Development

Gold Coast site approved for 130-bed aged care home for sale through receivers

The nearly 9,000sqm site in Parkwood, 5km from the heart of the Gold Coast, is owned by SDA Property’s No 4 Pty Ltd, which has gone into administration.

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