Thursday, 12 February 2026

Government Policy

Glen Brown’s Reside Communities gets nod for $100M 200-unit vertical retirement village at Brisbane golf club – 97% of submissions in favour post image

Glen Brown’s Reside Communities gets nod for $100M 200-unit vertical retirement village at Brisbane golf club – 97% of submissions in favour

Government ‘kicks the bucket’ for $120K to find buyer for Murchison aged care home – after $400K injection in 2019 post image

Government ‘kicks the bucket’ for $120K to find buyer for Murchison aged care home – after $400K injection in 2019

Government opens applications for national trial of PainChek app – 15% RAC penetration rate post image

Government opens applications for national trial of PainChek app – 15% RAC penetration rate

Brightwater Care Group gets tick of approval for $40M aged care facility and head office in inner-city Perth post image

Brightwater Care Group gets tick of approval for $40M aged care facility and head office in inner-city Perth

Peaks and providers reject 1.7% figure for aged care and home care submissions on the Royal Commission’s Consultation Paper – and who else made submissions? post image

Peaks and providers reject 1.7% figure for aged care and home care submissions on the Royal Commission’s Consultation Paper – and who else made submissions?

Public reporting of staffing levels – and minimum staffing ratios – on the cards at upcoming workforce hearings post image

Public reporting of staffing levels – and minimum staffing ratios – on the cards at upcoming workforce hearings

SA: Redevelopment plan for Helping Hand village knocked back: 50% open space required post image

SA: Redevelopment plan for Helping Hand village knocked back: 50% open space required

Plans to build $13M aged care facility in Hobart delayed five months over Aboriginal heritage issues post image

Plans to build $13M aged care facility in Hobart delayed five months over Aboriginal heritage issues

Department of Health representative dismisses Royal Commission’s idea for multiple entry points to access aged care system – but says rapid expansion of home care workforce not “impossible task” post image

Department of Health representative dismisses Royal Commission’s idea for multiple entry points to access aged care system – but says rapid expansion of home care workforce not “impossible task”

Looking at the ‘Big Picture’: Senior Counsel tests idea of system navigators, basic assessments and uncapping supply – as Commissioner Briggs acknowledges providing ‘quality of life’ high risk for Government post image

Looking at the ‘Big Picture’: Senior Counsel tests idea of system navigators, basic assessments and uncapping supply – as Commissioner Briggs acknowledges providing ‘quality of life’ high risk for Government

Will the Royal Commission result in major reforms for aged care? Sector leaders express doubt over political will post image

Will the Royal Commission result in major reforms for aged care? Sector leaders express doubt over political will

Denmark passed a law in 2015 requiring older people to undertake reablement before receiving home care – delivering 60% success rate post image

Denmark passed a law in 2015 requiring older people to undertake reablement before receiving home care – delivering 60% success rate