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Home Care

RLC welcomes proposed Senate inquiry into Home Care Package delays

The Retirement Living Council (RLC) has thrown its support behind a planned Senate inquiry into the Federal Government’s delayed rollout of additional Home Care Packages, saying it’s a critical opportunity to reset how care is delivered to older...

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Lauren Broomham
22 hours ago
Opinion

Are LDK, Odyssey and Anglicare the only visionaries in the retirement living sector?

Are you an executive in the retirement living sector? If yes, I strongly urge you to join our ‘Ask a visionary anything’ breakfasts in September (Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane). We are a media group and get to speak to a wide range of...

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Chris Baynes
22 Jul 2025
Sector Moves & People

RFBI plans housing for staff at 22 locations which can be home after retirement

RFBI has converted a building on its Coffs Harbour site into apartments for staff, offering rent at 50% of the market rate and when residents retire, they will be able to stay on in the accommodation. CEO Frank Price said they now have plans for similar accommodation at 21 other locations.

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Caroline Egan
23 Jul 2025
Legal Issues

Lifestyle Communities CEO Henry Ruiz: VCAT ruling will have “implications for the sector”

On 20 July, the publication gave Lifestyle Communities CEO Henry Ruiz, who only took on the role in March, permission to write a simialr length article rebutting all of the claims in Lloyd’s article, headlined “Lifestyle Communities’ fees show...

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Ian Horswill
21 Jul 2025
Mergers & Acquisitions

RSL Care SA buys Hallmont Estate’s two retirement villages in Mount Gambier, SA

The Not For Profit organisation, which operates retirement living, social housing and residential care in South Australia, has bought Woodlands Grove and Hallmont Estate Mount Gambier, in the second most populous city in the state, which lies 450km...

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Ian Horswill
22 Jul 2025
Mergers & Acquisitions

GemLife reveals eight Aliria planned land lease communities and will move into South Australia

The operator of land lease lifestyle resorts announced to the ASX last Wednesday it had settled the initial acquisition of Managing Director and Group CEO Adrian Puljich’s own business Aliria for $218 million. Adrian also said it is “finalising...

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Ian Horswill
22 Jul 2025
Mergers & Acquisitions

Aveo’s $3.85bn deal completed - Brookfield Asset Management say it’s ‘been no mean feat’

It is the largest direct real estate transaction in Australia’s history. Joe Williams, Senior Vice President - Real Estate Private Equity at Brookfield Asset Management, took to LinkedIn after the finalisation of the sale of its Aveo retirement...

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Ian Horswill
21 Jul 2025
Mergers & Acquisitions

The next issue of SATURDAY: Exclusive interview with Eureka Managing Director and CEO Simon Owen

Simon Owen, the businessman who led two small village operators to being listed in the ASX and took Ingenia Communities Group from an unloved basket case to a thriving $1.65 billion sector leader, is now in charge of Brisbane-based Eureka Group...

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Ian Horswill
21 Jul 2025
Mergers & Acquisitions

David Dixon and John Carter’s Aspen Group spends $19M on 19 retirement villages owned by ACH Group

The ASX-listed affordable housing provider has bought 129 villas in the villages it has agreed to buy from the Adelaide-based Not For Profit, which is left with 10 villages. Aspen Group’s plan is to turn what it terms good quality retirement...

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Ian Horswill
22 Jul 2025
Development
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Development

Demand “overwhelming” as Vacenti prepares to open seventh aged care home in SE Qld

Family-owned Vacenti is preparing to open its newest aged care development on Doig Street in the heart of Cleveland, a project first proposed in 2018.

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Caroline Egan
24 Jul 2025
Development

Arcare opens Canberra aged care home as Point Cook home, Melbourne, receives approval

Arcare, which is owned by the Knowles Group, opened its two-storey, 120-bed aged care home Arcare Aranda in Canberra’s north on Monday, with keen early interest in the home and strong community support.

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Caroline Egan
23 Jul 2025
Development

Videri, formerly Group Homes Australia, building 24th home for people living with dementia as two more acquired

Founded in 2012 by Tamar Krebs, the innovative private model of care for people living with dementia, has homes in local communities, with six to 10 bedrooms, offering 24/7 dementia care, including Flexible Respite, long-term, end-of-life and...

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Ian Horswill
21 Jul 2025
Development

BaptistCare reduces its Macquarie Park Sydney Concept Masterplan yet cost rises from $1.9bn to $2.5 bn

The concept masterplan for the Not For Profit’s renewal of its site in Macquarie Park, 13km northwest of Sydney’s CBD, has been resubmitted and was put out to public exhibition. It was in July 2022 that BaptistCare NSW & ACT revealed its $1.9...

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Ian Horswill
21 Jul 2025
Development

43 social and 43 affordable homes in five-storey development approved in Lane Cove North, Sydney

NSW Department of Planning, Housing and Infrastructure has approved the State Significant Development by NSW Land and Housing Corporation for a five-storey affordable housing development with 86 apartments in a growing renewal precinct, 11km...

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Ian Horswill
22 Jul 2025
Mergers & Acquisitions

GemLife reveals eight Aliria planned land lease communities and will move into South Australia

The operator of land lease lifestyle resorts announced to the ASX last Wednesday it had settled the initial acquisition of Managing Director and Group CEO Adrian Puljich’s own business Aliria for $218 million. Adrian also said it is “finalising...

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Ian Horswill
22 Jul 2025
Development

Ingenia Lifestyle’s newest land lease community in Blueys Beach, NSW, is selling 2-bedroom homes for up to $1.25M

Blueys Beach, a village in the NSW Mid North Coast, is the setting for the leading land lease community operator’s newest Over 55s resort style community. The Weekly SOURCE reported the launch of Ingenia Lifestyle Kokomo in February, with the first...

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Ian Horswill
21 Jul 2025
Housing News
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Housing News

Whiddon’s disused aged care home in Sydney’s southwest to house older women at risk of homelessness

Renovations of the disused residential care home in the 8.5ha Whiddon Easton Park in Glenfield, 36km southwest of Sydney’s CBD, have begun as a result of a collaboration between private sector property holders, charities and public funding. “At its...

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Ian Horswill
24 Jul 2025
Development

43 social and 43 affordable homes in five-storey development approved in Lane Cove North, Sydney

NSW Department of Planning, Housing and Infrastructure has approved the State Significant Development by NSW Land and Housing Corporation for a five-storey affordable housing development with 86 apartments in a growing renewal precinct, 11km...

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Ian Horswill
22 Jul 2025
Housing News

Funding secured for Wesley Mission’s affordable and supported housing project in Canberra

Wesley Mission’s affordable rental and supported housing development in Curtin, Canberra, is officially going ahead after securing funding through the first round of the Australian Government’s $10 billion Housing Australia Future Fund (HAFF)...

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Ian Horswill
11 Jul 2025
Government Policy

18,650 social and affordable homes funded as 370 homes repurposed

The Australian Government’s flagship Housing Australia Future Fund (HAFF) has agreed to fund 9,284 social and 9,366 affordable homes through 279 successful projects under the first two funding rounds of the HAFF and National Housing Accord Facility...

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Ian Horswill
04 Jul 2025
Sector Moves & People

Former NSW Govt Minister Rob Stokes starts role as Anglicare Sydney’s Group Executive - Housing

In the newly-created role, the retired long-serving NSW politician will lead the growth and strategic direction of Anglicare’s Housing business unit, strengthening the organisation’s focus on providing more safe and affordable homes for those...

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Ian Horswill
30 Jun 2025
Funding

Aspen Group aimed to raise $4M – but could have taken $18M

The ASX-listed affordable accommodation provider, which has 10 active projects, announced a Security Purchase Plan (SPP) on Wednesday, 28 May, offering existing investors the opportunity to acquire up to $30,000 in Aspen Group securities without...

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Ian Horswill
16 Jun 2025
Housing News

First modular homes for more than 65,000 on NSW social housing waitlist

The NSW Government, which has a gowing wait list of people needing social housing, 11,161 priority approved and 54,597 general approved. has announced the first factory built modular social homes are nearing completion. Three modular homes are being...

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Ian Horswill
02 Jun 2025
Housing News

Anglican Care’s closed aged care home converted into housing for women over 55

The agency of the Anglican Diocese of Newcastle announced it was shutting an aged care home in Mt Hutton, a suburb of Lake Macquarie, 14km west-southwest of Newcastle, in March 2022. On Saturday, NSW Government announcedit has been converted in 20 units for homeless women..

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Ian Horswill
19 May 2025
Out of the Ordinary

Will this catch on? Residential homes only for over-45s

In a first, 24 homes are being built for people aged 45 and over. “It’s a new concept. People haven’t really done a downsizer community development like this before. People put age restrictions on properties, but not for the reasons we have...

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Ian Horswill
19 May 2025
Opinion
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Opinion

Across Australia there is a model of aged care where eager customers are lining up at the door to enter

These are retirement villages, not aged care homes, and we call it private aged care. While we have been banging on about this model for several years, we are seeing the early green shoots of a new, significant sector, being driven by the new...

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Chris Baynes
24 Jul 2025
Opinion

Are LDK, Odyssey and Anglicare the only visionaries in the retirement living sector?

Are you an executive in the retirement living sector? If yes, I strongly urge you to join our ‘Ask a visionary anything’ breakfasts in September (Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane). We are a media group and get to speak to a wide range of...

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Chris Baynes
22 Jul 2025
Opinion

A rights-based aged care system: who is the government kidding?

The government claims a rights-based aged care system, but delays, rationed care, and massive waiting lists tell another story. 88,000 are waiting for home care and even Health Minister Mark Butler says almost every aged care facility he visits is full.

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Ian Horswill
17 Jul 2025
Funding
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Government Policy

18,650 social and affordable homes funded as 370 homes repurposed

The Australian Government’s flagship Housing Australia Future Fund (HAFF) has agreed to fund 9,284 social and 9,366 affordable homes through 279 successful projects under the first two funding rounds of the HAFF and National Housing Accord Facility...

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Ian Horswill
04 Jul 2025
Funding

Aspen Group aimed to raise $4M – but could have taken $18M

The ASX-listed affordable accommodation provider, which has 10 active projects, announced a Security Purchase Plan (SPP) on Wednesday, 28 May, offering existing investors the opportunity to acquire up to $30,000 in Aspen Group securities without...

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Ian Horswill
16 Jun 2025
Funding

Land lease operator GemLife’s IPO to surpass Virgin Australia, with 3 July listing confirmed

Adrian Puljich, his father Peter and Singapore diversified company Thakral Corporation opened talks on the possibilility of becoming a publicly listed business in April. A prospectus for the float will be lodged with the Australian Securities and...

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Ian Horswill
16 Jun 2025
Aged Care

“Burdensome and underfunded”: aged care sector tells IHACPA what they think of AN-ACC cost collection

The Independent Health and Aged Care Pricing Authority (IHACPA) has released a 46-page report outlining the feedback received from the sector in the latest round of consultations on their pricing methodology. IHACPA received submissions from...

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Caroline Egan
12 Jun 2025
The Economy
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Government Policy

“Development pipeline across sector not going to be sufficient for ageing population”

“The development pipeline across the industry is not going to be sufficient for the ageing population,” Tony told the Property Council

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Ian Horswill
20 Nov 2023
Aged Care

Opinion: the next aged care crisis is here

Read more about Australia’s ‘true’ occupancy rate – and the consolidation taking place in the residential care sector in SATURDAY – subscribe here

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Lauren Broomham
26 Oct 2023
Development

Only in SATURDAY – the real reason aged care beds are hard to find

The Department of Health and Aged Care puts occupancy at 86.2%. Our investigations differ To find out why, subscribe to our premium digital magazine SATURDAY HERE

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Caroline Egan
26 Oct 2023
Home Care

Fiji PM hints at reducing PALM worker numbers

The Prime Minister of Fiji, Sitiveni Rabuka, has indicated that the number of unskilled or semi-skilled workers that come to Australia through the Pacific Australia Labour Mobility (PALM) scheme could be cut, which could limit an important source of...

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Caroline Egan
26 Oct 2023
Community Living

New Zealand needs more retirement villages to meet the demand

A new report by real estate firm JLL on the sector across the Tasman Sea has found demand for places is outstripping supply. A total of 36 new villages were added to the development pipeline last year with 452 villages currently providing homes for...

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Ian Horswill
28 Aug 2023
The Weekly SOURCE

Will retirement living operators heed the call in Western Australia?

The state government has said it seeks to collaborate with the property and construction industry to “increase the supply and diversity of social housing”. The Department of Communities states it is particularly interested in submissions that...

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Ian Horswill
01 Aug 2023
Aged Care

IHACPA releases Consultation Paper for aged care funding in 2024–25

The Independent Hospital and Aged Care Pricing Authority (IHACPA) has released its Consultation Paper on the Pricing Framework for Australian Residential Aged Care Services 2024–25 and asking for submissions from relevant stakeholders. The report...

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Caroline Egan
26 Jul 2023
The Economy

ONLY IN SATURDAY: Aveo Group CEO on making serviced apartments profitable

Serviced apartments, or assisted living options in retirement villages, have been a challenge for the retirement living sector. Ageing village serviced apartments with relatively high weekly fees to cover the mandated meals and other services are...

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Caroline Egan
25 Jul 2023
DCM Research

DCM Institute survey: How long Village Managers think they will stay in the role

The DCM Institute survey of 186 retirement village and community managers across Australia asked how long Village Managers intend to stay in the role and why they intend to leave. The survey found that 78% of Village Managers were generally...

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13 Jun 2023
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