Thursday, 9 July 2026

Government Policy

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

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