Monday, 19 January 2026

Government Policy


Counsel Assisting outlines five-year timeline for Royal Commission recommendations – but is it realistic? post image

Counsel Assisting outlines five-year timeline for Royal Commission recommendations – but is it realistic?

Retirement village operators likely to pick up the ‘care’ shortfall as focus on aged care moves to the home: Grant Corderoy post image

Retirement village operators likely to pick up the ‘care’ shortfall as focus on aged care moves to the home: Grant Corderoy

Reactions to the Counsel Assisting recommendations: the aged care sector tells us what will work – and what won’t post image

Reactions to the Counsel Assisting recommendations: the aged care sector tells us what will work – and what won’t

Why the Government will never support an independent Aged Care Commission – Ian Yates weighs in post image

Why the Government will never support an independent Aged Care Commission – Ian Yates weighs in

Counsel Assisting calls for 100,000-strong home care wait list to be cleared by December 2021 – is this realistic? Home care providers call for Government help to turn on the tap post image

Counsel Assisting calls for 100,000-strong home care wait list to be cleared by December 2021 – is this realistic? Home care providers call for Government help to turn on the tap

Mid-size aged care homes come out on top in latest StewartBrown survey – Grant Corderoy says resident acuity and older-style buildings behind poor performance of larger facilities post image

Mid-size aged care homes come out on top in latest StewartBrown survey – Grant Corderoy says resident acuity and older-style buildings behind poor performance of larger facilities

SA MP Rebekha Sharkie moves new bill calling for financial transparency from aged care providers post image

SA MP Rebekha Sharkie moves new bill calling for financial transparency from aged care providers

Southern Cross Care QLD threatens to quit sector if it is forced to provide voluntary euthanasia post image

Southern Cross Care QLD threatens to quit sector if it is forced to provide voluntary euthanasia

Clarification on new home care payment in arrears arrangements – can providers charge fees on the total package? post image

Clarification on new home care payment in arrears arrangements – can providers charge fees on the total package?

$12.4M in grief and trauma support for aged care workers impacted by COVID post image

$12.4M in grief and trauma support for aged care workers impacted by COVID

Aged care regulator to target providers failing to meet RAD obligations with new campaign post image

Aged care regulator to target providers failing to meet RAD obligations with new campaign

Federal Budget delivers $1.6 billion for 23,000 new Home Care Packages – but residential care providers to hang on for next seven months until May 2021 Budget. Is this a sign of the Government’s lack of respect for operators? post image

Federal Budget delivers $1.6 billion for 23,000 new Home Care Packages – but residential care providers to hang on for next seven months until May 2021 Budget. Is this a sign of the Government’s lack of respect for operators?