Government Policy

House prices expected to slow after record december quarter

Feb 04 2014 Updated May 3, 2023

The Weekly Source

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Capital city house prices rose by 9.8% in the 12 months to December 2013. Setting a new record, the median is now $597,556.
The December Quarter had the strongest growth in four years. Sydneys median price grew by 6% and Melbourne 3.2%. Australian Property Monitors Quarterly Housing Report predicts price growth will moderate over 2014 as economic activity wanes, with Brisbane and Perth being the likely exceptions, driven by strong local economies.

These new retirement villages show providing care is here and now

Gone are the days when retirement living was defined by community centres, swimming pools and bowling greens. While these amenities still exist – the provision of care is now a core part of the value proposition. Hyegrove Willoughby on Sydney’s...

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Ian Horswill

07 Oct 2025

Home Care

“Not a single additional Home Care Package has entered the system”: Senate Inquiry slams delays

Deep in the Report on the Senate Inquiry into Aged Care Service Delivery, released on Wednesday, is a startling revelation. “It is completely unacceptable that at the time of writing this report, and more than three weeks after the Government...

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Caroline Egan

02 Oct 2025

Mergers & Acquisitions

Bain Capital assesses what’s best for fattened Estia Health 23 months after $838M buy

The US-based private investor is reportedly believed to have contracted investment bank Barrrenjoey to see if its residential aged care business can be sold for a sizeable profit or should be floated on the ASX. The Australian, which reported Bain...

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Ian Horswill

09 Oct 2025

Funding

21 aged care homes’ worth of hospital patients stuck waiting for discharge

As Premiers and Health Ministers battle Canberra over hospital funding, a new report has revealed a key reason costs are surging: thousands of older Australians remain stranded in hospital beds because there’s nowhere else for them to go.

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Caroline Egan

08 Oct 2025

Support grows to keep CHSP beyond 2027

Calls are growing to keep the Commonwealth Home Support Programmed (CHSP) beyond 2027 – and the Government still has no plan or date to fold it into Support at Home.

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The three aged care bombshells from Senate Estimates

Last week’s Senate Estimates hearing – held just three weeks before sweeping reforms roll out – gave politicians the chance to ask Government heavyweights the questions they’re getting from constituents and to interrogate the once-in-a-generation changes.

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Aged care’s remoteness tool “not fit for purpose,” consultation finds

The Government’s review of the Modified Monash Model (MMM) – used to allocate rural, regional and remote aged care funding – has found the tool is “useful but limited” and, in its current form, “not fit for purpose” for aged care.

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Countdown to 1 November: Home care customers “incredibly confused” by co-contributions

With the new Aged Care Act just two weeks away, Community Vision CEO Yvonne Timson says the Perth Not For Profit’s priority is helping its 150 Home Care Package clients make sense of new pricing and budgets.

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Caroline Egan

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