Out of the Ordinary

SATURDAY knows the future: No RAC, no DMF – the future of retirement living

Sep 09 2025 Updated 14 hours ago

Lauren Broomham

1 min read

An artist’s impression of Scalabrini’s Harbourside development in Drummoyne, in Sydney's inner west.

Scalabrini CEO Richard de Haast is rewriting the rules with Harbourside, a $60 million waterfront project that swaps outdated funding models and RAC beds for customer choice, future-proofed apartments and private care safety nets.

Why is this approval a sector precedent? Could it reshape how retirement living gets built and funded in Australia?

It's all in this week’s SATURDAY, our premium digital magazine, out this Friday., Subscribe here.

NSW retirement village operators now required to file annual capital maintenance report

The NSW Government has finalised and published the Retirement Villages Regulation 2025 (NSW), bringing in a number of key changes for operators.

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Ian Horswill

02 Sep 2025

Opinion

Aged care isn’t “investable” until the numbers stack up

Federal Health Minister Mark Butler has been talking up aged care. In back-to-back ABC interviews last week, he dropped the word “investable” more times than a real estate agent at a Saturday auction. According to Butler, the Government has done...

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Lauren Broomham

28 Aug 2025

Government Policy

5,000 older Australians died last year waiting for Home Care Packages: Senate Inquiry hears

The Senate Inquiry into Aged Care Service Delivery today heard almost 5,000 older Australians died last financial year waiting for the level of Home Care Package they have been assessed as needing. More than 87,000 wait for the level of home care they have been assessed as needing.

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Caroline Egan

29 Aug 2025

Opinion

Retirement villages have Canberra’s attention – now the sector must prove its value

Three years after Daniel Gannon took the reins of the Retirement Living Council (RLC), the sector has achieved something his predecessor Ben Myers was never able to: national recognition in Canberra. This is just the fist step. Retirement villages now need to capitalise on this moment. Here’s how.

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Ian Horswill

02 Sep 2025

Reside fast-tracks fifth retirement village after strong villa sales

Reside Communities has recorded strong early demand at its newest project, Maleny Grove, in Queensland’s Sunshine Coast hinterland.

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Ian Horswill

08 Sep 2025

Development

Lincoln Place breaks ground on $9.2M clubhouse at Northern Rivers land lease project

Clarence Valley Council Mayor Ray Smith joined Lincoln Place Chief Executive Officer Paul Yeo and the first residents of Lincoln Lifestyle Northern Rivers for a sod-turning ceremony to mark construction of the community’s new clubhouse in Gulmarrad, near Yamba.

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Ian Horswill

08 Sep 2025

Development

Aura begins construction on seventh retirement village with 50% of apartments already sold

Aura Holdings has commenced construction on its third retirement community to be built on a golf course, The Evelyn at Mt Ommaney in Brisbane, with half of the apartments already secured off the plan.

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Ian Horswill

08 Sep 2025

Development

Work begins on $99M Stage Two retirement village at Uniting Edinglassie Emu Plains

Construction has officially commenced on Stage Two of Uniting Edinglassie Emu Plains, a $99 million redevelopment in Sydney’s west, with a sod-turning ceremony attended by Uniting NSW.ACT CEO Tracey Burton.

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Ian Horswill

08 Sep 2025