Government Policy

Andy Marriette joins villages.com.au

Feb 04 2014 Updated May 3, 2023

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We are pleased to announce that Andy Marriette has joined us again as Business Development Manager, based in Adelaide. Andy has long experience in the health support sector, as a paramedic and advising on medical equipment. He will be working with our clients nationally.

Australian Senate votes for two separate inquiries into aged care reform

The Senate has voted to establish two new Senate inquiries into the Government’s historic aged care reforms, rollout out on the weekend after years of preparation, amid concerns they will not deliver for older Australians.

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Caroline Egan

04 Nov 2025

Government Policy

No excuse for providers to not be ready on 1 November: Aged Care Minister Sam Rae

Aged Care Minister Sam Rae has told ABC radio the Aged Care Rules have been in place for “a significant amount of time” and the Government has been listening to and supporting to the sector, “so, there really isn’t an excuse from any provider to not be prepared for 1 November”.

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Caroline Egan

23 Oct 2025

Mergers & Acquisitions

Aged care consolidation continues: Regis Aged Care on the march

The ASX-listed operator has entered into binding agreements to acquire family-owned OC Health’s two remaining aged care homes for $45 million plus a $36 million liability for RADs. The purchase of Ocean Mist, in Torquay, a seaside town southwest of...

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Caroline Egan

23 Oct 2025

Opinion

Retirement villages now hot investments: Here is why

Aveo is even sweeter in that it has been moving its contracts to a mix of upfront payments rather than the DMF. In March 2024, we reported in The Weekly SOURCE that a third of new Aveo customers have chosen an alternative to the traditional deferred...

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Chris Baynes

04 Nov 2025

What the aged care watchdog’s latest report quietly revealed

The Office of the Inspector-General of Aged Care (OIGAC) has released its annual report, uncovering an unexpected result in its first full year under the new Inspector-General, Natalie Siegel-Brown.

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Inside the latest numbers on Australia’s residential aged care sector

The Q4 Quarterly Financial Snapshot from the Department of Health, Disability and Ageing shows EBITDA fell $2.19 per resident per day (prpd) to $42.73 prpd in 2024-25, as 54.2% complied with both care minute targets, up from 40.5% at the same time the previous year.

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Caroline Egan

3 hours ago

Aged Care

Aged care reform hits home for BaptistCare’s Charles Moore

BaptistCare CEO Charles Moore has cautioned that reforms of this scale carry risks – a view shaped by his experience helping his parents navigate the system as his father, who is living with Parkinson’s disease, anticipates higher care needs.

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The human face of Australia’s aged care bed shortage

South Australian Severino Priori, a once-successful businessman, has died after 312 days in hospital waiting for a residential aged care placement.

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Caroline Egan

4 hours ago