Thursday, 12 February 2026

Government Policy

Number of home care operators greater than the number of residential aged care providers for first time – by 6%. ACAT numbers down 19% post image

Number of home care operators greater than the number of residential aged care providers for first time – by 6%. ACAT numbers down 19%

Aged care building and refurbishment a $4.9B a year business post image

Aged care building and refurbishment a $4.9B a year business

Aged care peaks warn of 2020 ‘emergency’ without urgent funding boost – is a 15% increase to staff pay the solution?

Last Royal Commission hearings for 2019 start next week in Canberra – Department of Health again under scrutiny

89.4% residential occupancy figure may not be accurate – because Government not analysing data, Mirus Head of IT says

QLD Not For Profit gets green light for 200-unit retirement village and 100-bed aged care home in Ipswich post image

QLD Not For Profit gets green light for 200-unit retirement village and 100-bed aged care home in Ipswich

QLD passes Health Transparency Bill to ‘name and shame’ aged care providers who don’t disclose staffing ratios, including 3.65 hours per day for Govt facilities post image

QLD passes Health Transparency Bill to ‘name and shame’ aged care providers who don’t disclose staffing ratios, including 3.65 hours per day for Govt facilities

Southern Cross Care (Tasmania) CEO steps down following Royal Commission case study post image

Southern Cross Care (Tasmania) CEO steps down following Royal Commission case study

A deficit of ‘trust’? Government says clearing home care waiting list would bring in “shonky players” in response to criticism of $537 million Interim Report package

$537M pledged by Prime Minister – response to Royal Commission report post image

$537M pledged by Prime Minister – response to Royal Commission report

25,000 new visas announced by the government for regional areas post image

25,000 new visas announced by the government for regional areas

RetireAustralia gets green light for $19.5M assisted living apartments at NSW Central Coast village post image

RetireAustralia gets green light for $19.5M assisted living apartments at NSW Central Coast village