Tuesday, 20 January 2026

Government Policy

Government puts $96M towards helping aged care providers reduce chemical restraints in 2020-21 in response to Royal Commission Interim Report post image

Government puts $96M towards helping aged care providers reduce chemical restraints in 2020-21 in response to Royal Commission Interim Report

Applications open for Government’s $235M COVID-19 aged care workforce retention bonus – but just a month to apply post image

Applications open for Government’s $235M COVID-19 aged care workforce retention bonus – but just a month to apply

Homebuilder Grant a boost for land lease communities, says James Kelly post image

Homebuilder Grant a boost for land lease communities, says James Kelly

NSW retirement village operators exempt from non-compliance with Retirement Villages Act during COVID-19 – until end of September post image

NSW retirement village operators exempt from non-compliance with Retirement Villages Act during COVID-19 – until end of September

Attention aged care providers: have your say on aged care worker regulation scheme post image

Attention aged care providers: have your say on aged care worker regulation scheme

QLD Govt lifts ban on aged care residents being allowed out for funerals post image

QLD Govt lifts ban on aged care residents being allowed out for funerals

VIC retirement villages with embedded electricity networks to be forced to charge ‘fair’ price post image

VIC retirement villages with embedded electricity networks to be forced to charge ‘fair’ price

9% bump in number of Home Care Packages (HCPs) – but will COVID-19 delay release of more packages? post image

9% bump in number of Home Care Packages (HCPs) – but will COVID-19 delay release of more packages?

Goodwin announces an Australian-first village and affordable housing initiative with ACT land purchase post image

Goodwin announces an Australian-first village and affordable housing initiative with ACT land purchase

Aged care providers and peaks reject PM’s call to aged care providers to lift visitor restrictions ​ post image

Aged care providers and peaks reject PM’s call to aged care providers to lift visitor restrictions ​

Federal Government two visitors per day restrictions – but South Australia and Tasmania both cut off access for public post image

Federal Government two visitors per day restrictions – but South Australia and Tasmania both cut off access for public

Labor backs expansion of retention bonus for aged care staff post image

Labor backs expansion of retention bonus for aged care staff