Wednesday, 21 January 2026

Government Policy

Aged Care Royal Commission: first hearings to start next week post image

Aged Care Royal Commission: first hearings to start next week

Liberals spruiks ‘record’ $58M spending on short-term aged care ahead of Royal Commission – and Federal election post image

Liberals spruiks ‘record’ $58M spending on short-term aged care ahead of Royal Commission – and Federal election

Australia spends just 4.2% of GDP on aged pensions – nearly half the OECD average of 8% post image

Australia spends just 4.2% of GDP on aged pensions – nearly half the OECD average of 8%

Home care providers withdrawing from offering services under the NDIS in WA post image

Home care providers withdrawing from offering services under the NDIS in WA

“Sharpening the focus”: New Aged Care Quality and Safety Commissioner warns providers against inappropriate physical and chemical restraint post image

“Sharpening the focus”: New Aged Care Quality and Safety Commissioner warns providers against inappropriate physical and chemical restraint

How long will the Aged Care Royal Commission take to deliver its findings? Three years, says Monash University professor post image

How long will the Aged Care Royal Commission take to deliver its findings? Three years, says Monash University professor

China wants our aged care training, says Australian Trade and Investment Commission post image

China wants our aged care training, says Australian Trade and Investment Commission

Victorian Croatian Aged Care Services’ planned Geelong facility set back 12 months over Council flood concerns – at a cost of $350K-plus post image

Victorian Croatian Aged Care Services’ planned Geelong facility set back 12 months over Council flood concerns – at a cost of $350K-plus

Big Dural village and aged care development rejected by NSW Government post image

Big Dural village and aged care development rejected by NSW Government

Aged Care Royal Commission first to be given powers to compel evidence in writing – as only 83 out of Top 100 providers deliver submissions by close date post image

Aged Care Royal Commission first to be given powers to compel evidence in writing – as only 83 out of Top 100 providers deliver submissions by close date

Aged Care Guild CEO Matthew Richter says $54B needed to build 88,000 aged care beds in next decade post image

Aged Care Guild CEO Matthew Richter says $54B needed to build 88,000 aged care beds in next decade

Government’s $16M Pacific labour scheme recruits just 83 workers – including aged care – in five months post image

Government’s $16M Pacific labour scheme recruits just 83 workers – including aged care – in five months