Hazel Hawke enters high level care

Aug 27 2009 Updated July 4, 2023

The Weekly Source

1 min read

After a much publicized diagnosis and eight year battle with Alzheimers, Hazel Hawke has entered high level care.

Australian Senate votes for two separate inquiries into aged care reform

The Senate has voted to establish two new Senate inquiries into the Government’s historic aged care reforms, rollout out on the weekend after years of preparation, amid concerns they will not deliver for older Australians.

Click here

Caroline Egan

04 Nov 2025

Government Policy

No excuse for providers to not be ready on 1 November: Aged Care Minister Sam Rae

Aged Care Minister Sam Rae has told ABC radio the Aged Care Rules have been in place for “a significant amount of time” and the Government has been listening to and supporting to the sector, “so, there really isn’t an excuse from any provider to not be prepared for 1 November”.

Click here

Caroline Egan

23 Oct 2025

Mergers & Acquisitions

Aged care consolidation continues: Regis Aged Care on the march

The ASX-listed operator has entered into binding agreements to acquire family-owned OC Health’s two remaining aged care homes for $45 million plus a $36 million liability for RADs. The purchase of Ocean Mist, in Torquay, a seaside town southwest of...

Click here

Caroline Egan

23 Oct 2025

Opinion

Retirement villages now hot investments: Here is why

Aveo is even sweeter in that it has been moving its contracts to a mix of upfront payments rather than the DMF. In March 2024, we reported in The Weekly SOURCE that a third of new Aveo customers have chosen an alternative to the traditional deferred...

Click here

Chris Baynes

04 Nov 2025

Home care won’t catch up – unless the rules change

We said horror stories were coming and here they are. This week’s headlines have been dominated by an assessment system that can’t assess, a program that can’t keep up, and older Australians stranded in the gap. The numbers are no longer...

Click here

NSW puts aged care and VAD back in focus

A Bill before the NSW Parliament seeks to give religious aged care providers the right to prevent residents from accessing Voluntary Assisted Dying (VAC) in their home, however, it does not seek to impede residents from accessing VAD elsewhere.

Click here

Caroline Egan

1 hour ago

Home Care

Home care: the latest figures at a glance

Unspent Home Care Package funds have climbed another $500 million to $4.1 billion – the equivalent of almost 70,000 unused Packages based on an average value of $60,000 – according to the Department of Health, Disability and Ageing’s Quarter 4 2024–25 Quarterly Financial Snapshot (QFS).

Click here

What the aged care watchdog’s latest report quietly revealed

The Office of the Inspector-General of Aged Care (OIGAC) has released its annual report, uncovering an unexpected result in its first full year under the new Inspector-General, Natalie Siegel-Brown.

Click here

Caroline Egan

12 hours ago