Wednesday, 21 January 2026

Government Policy

Aged care operators may benefit from tight Royal Commission Review deadline post image

Aged care operators may benefit from tight Royal Commission Review deadline

Week one impressions: who would want to be a Commissioner wading through this ‘bureaucratic spaghetti’?

The $40 first impression of the Royal Commission

Psychotropics only effective in 10% of residents with dementia, Geriatric Medicine head says

The right mix: College of Nursing calls for mandatory register of personal care workers and Quality Indicators program

Filling the “gaping hole”: ANMF puts forward new staffing mix model to the Commission – price tag $5.3 billion

Over-85s set to triple by 2066, ABS tells Commission – and we don’t have the fiscal base to support them

Putting aged care providers on notice: Senior Counsel Assisting warns operators who have not responded to Commission will be “subject to careful scrutiny”

Royal Commission kicks off with a ‘measured’ witness list post image

Royal Commission kicks off with a ‘measured’ witness list

37% of aged care workers in Australia from overseas post image

37% of aged care workers in Australia from overseas

Important: Annie Butler re-elected Federal Secretary of the Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation – Australia’s largest union post image

Important: Annie Butler re-elected Federal Secretary of the Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation – Australia’s largest union

Eight years and counting: ASIC wins landmark High Court appeal in Prime Trust case post image

Eight years and counting: ASIC wins landmark High Court appeal in Prime Trust case