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02 Oct 2025

National aged care worker registration scheme inching forward

The Australian Government has released a summary of its consultation on a national registration scheme for personal care workers, a recommendation of the Aged Care Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety.

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02 Oct 2025

Development

Only in SATURDAY: workforce the new factor in feasibility equations

Today, workforce plays an equally important role. To find out how aged care leaders, including Matthew Filocamo, CEO of For Purpose Aged Care, and Sandra Hills OAM, CEO of Benetas, factor workforce into their feasibility studies, read our latest...

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02 Oct 2025

Aged Care

Westpac Leading Conversations: can aged care operators be more productive?

Where are the key bottlenecks in aged care? Aged care leaders Sandra Hills OAM, Matthew Filocamo, Faye Spiteri OAM, Caroline Lee and Brian Wong considered the question, and others, at the recent Westpac Leading Conversations at the Wharf lunch in Melbourne, hosted by Westpac and DCM Group.

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Mergers & Acquisitions

Roshana Care Group acquires closed aged care home in regional NSW

Perth-based aged care operator Roshana Care Group will reopen Rosedurnate Aged Care, in Parkes, a town 355km west of Sydney, which The Salvation Army closed in 2024. The 70-bed home will be refurbished before reopening in the first quarter of 2026. Parkes Mayor Neil Westcott said “wonderful news”.

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Implementation of Royal Commission report “not on track”: Inspector-General of Aged Care

The Inspector-General of Aged Care’s 218-page 2025 Progress Report on the Implementation of the Aged Care Royal Commission Recommendations concludes the “transformative change” called for by The Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety is not on track.

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Aged Care

Seven of 10 aged care homes do not offer Voluntary Assisted Dying information: Go Gentle Australia

A survey by Go Gentle, the Not For Profit advocate for end-of-life choices founded by broadcaster Andrew Denton, has determined that 85% of aged care providers do not offer Voluntary Assisted Dying (VAD) or information about the option, despite VAD being legalised in every state.

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Development

Arcare’s $30M aged care home approved in NSW Hunter Valley masterplanned community

Aged care operator Arcare, which is owned by the family-run Knowles Group, has received approval through the State Significant Development process for 96-bed Huntlee Arcare, 170km north of Sydney.

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Aged Care Accommodation Pricing Review announced

At the Ageing Australia conference on Tuesday, Aged Care and Seniors Minister Sam Rae revealed policy expert Nigel Ray PSM and academic Associate Professor Nicole Sutton will lead the residential Aged Care Accommodation Pricing Review, a recommendation of the Aged Care Taskforce.

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Sector Moves & People

Former Optus CEO appointed head of Australian Unity

Kelly Bayer Rosmarin, who resigned as Optus Chief Executive in 2023 after the telco was hit by a cyberattack and a nationwide outage, will work alongside outgoing Austra;lian Unity MD & CEO Rohan Mead from 5 November 2025, taking up the top job on 15 December 2025.

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30 Sep 2025

Development

$800K per bed puts aged care grants under strain

The cost of building an aged care bed in regional Australia has blown out to up to $800,000, raising doubts about the impact of the Government’s $300 million Aged Care Capital Assistance Program (ACCAP).

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26 Sep 2025

Aged Care

Westpac Leading Conversations: is aged care ready for the Baby Boomer surge?

Baby Boomers are expected to drive a 40% surge in demand for aged care services over the next decade – but is the sector ready?

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25 Sep 2025

Final Aged Care Rules land – but rollout in 38 days “impossible”

Aged care providers say the final Aged Care Rules 2025 have landed far too late, warning that with just 38 days until the 1 November start date, implementation is “complex at best and impossible at worst.”

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