SATURDAY Issue 103

The big shifts: what moved aged care and retirement living in the first half of 2025

Delays, deals and digital disruption. The first six months of 2025 delivered a cocktail of reform uncertainty, consolidation, and bold moves from new players looking to shake things up. From the Government’s decision to delay the Aged Care Act and...

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Can aged care truly be ‘investable’ again? Plan T must be the solution

StewartBrown argues the aged care sector needs to be ‘viable’, ‘sustainable’ and ‘investable’. The first two are within reach – but the third remains a lofty goal. Let’s be clear: aged care doesn’t just need more funding. It needs...

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2025 (so far) in review: Key moves, closures, and reforms shaping aged care

JANUARY Jan 10 Estia Health buys seven homes from Aurrum Aged Care Estia expands its footprint across NSW and Melbourne, cementing its place in the top three residential aged care operators. Jan 16 11 aged care providers named for failing care...

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Retirement living’s biggest moves: January to June 2025

A month-by-month breakdown of the key deals, approvals, launches and leadership changes shaping the retirement living and land lease sector in the first half of the year. JANUARY 6 Eureka Group plans $25M-$30M asset recycling of over-55s rental...

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What providers need to know about the Commission’s tougher, smarter regulatory approach

As the new Aged Care Act rolls out from 1 November, aged care providers face a regulatory landscape that’s more rigorous, risk-focused and transparent than ever before, Aged Care Quality and Safety Commissioner Liz Hefren-Webb has told SATURDAY in...

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Locked out: are new liquidity standards quietly managing some aged care providers out of the sector?

The aged care sector has just been handed one of the most consequential regulatory decisions in recent years – and for a small number of providers, it could spell the beginning of the end. On 3 July, the Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission...

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Provider-led and proud: Whiddon’s ambitious pilot to fix regional aged care

12 weeks. No funding. Six (soon to be seven) pilot sites. That’s the bold start to a provider-led reform project that aims to reshape how aged care and health services work together in regional NSW – and perhaps beyond. Whiddon CEO Chris...

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A formula for regional success: How Respect is hitting $15,000 per bed – and still growing

In a sector where many regional providers are fighting just to break even, Respect is quietly charting a different course – and pulling ahead. Led by CEO Jason Binder, the Not For Profit provider now operates in five states, with a laser focus on...

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Executive Spotlight

Meet the leaders behind retirement livng, aged care and in-home care reform – Respect Managing Director and CEO Jason Binder, Aged Care Quality and Safety Commissioner Liz Hefren-Webb, StewartBrown Senior Partner Grant Corderoy, Whiddon CEO Chris Mamarelis and Grant Thornton’s Darrell Price.

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Lauren Broomham

18 Jul 2025