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Government confirms AN-ACC price rise and 42% hotelling supplement boost

The Albanese Government has confirmed new funding increases for residential aged care from next month – including a significant 42% jump in the hotelling supplement. From 1 October 2025, the Australian National Aged Care Classification (AN-ACC)...

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Lauren Broomham

33 minutes ago

DIGITAL EDITION

Saturday

Issue 107 | The private aged care takeover begins

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The last move: why every village is about to become a care home

For decades, villages promised independence. Within five years, they’ll be selling certainty – because residents aren’t leaving, and operators can’t ignore it. For years, retirement villages sold lifestyle: a pool, a clubhouse, maybe a bus...

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“Business class is always full”: Odyssey’s financial play in private aged care

Catalyst backing, super fund capital and a shift into bank debt are fuelling Odyssey’s push to scale private aged care – with the DMF model at its core. When Aaron Lavell took over as CEO of Odyssey Lifestyle Care Communities in July this year...

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Cutting out the middleman: Odyssey builds its own future

By launching Odyssey Build, the operator is keeping control of costs and quality as it ramps up its multi-million-dollar pipeline. When Odyssey Lifestyle Care Communities began planning its $150 million Chevron Island project, it leaned on trusted...

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The real value of 9C: why future-proofing villages pays

Building to Class 9C costs around $500 extra per square metre – or up to 10% of total construction. For operators, that margin is increasingly looking like money well spent. It costs more to build to Class 9C standards – but not much more...

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No DMF, no RAC: Scalabrini charts a new course

From care suites to customer-driven funding, Richard de Haast’s Harbourside could rewrite the retirement living rulebook. Richard de Haast (pictured top) has never been one to follow the industry playbook. The CEO of Not For Profit provider...

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“Hope is not a strategy”: Tom Symondson on the countdown to 1 November

In an exclusive interview, the Ageing Australia CEO outlines the hurdles still facing providers and his blueprint for the future. The aged care sector has been working towards 1 November for more than two years. Now, with less than two months to go...

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The real bottleneck: Private aged care will rise or fall on its super-sized workforce

Villages can raise capital and build suites, but without culture, career paths and tech, care delivery will fail. The future will be won – or lost – on people. The next great challenge for Australia’s retirement village sector isn’t bricks...

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Lauren Broomham

5 hours ago

Government Policy

Aged care providers wait for AN-ACC price decision – again

12 months after the Government gave operators just two weeks’ notice of an increase in the Australian National Aged Care Classification (AN-ACC), providers are once again left on tenterhooks. In December 2023, then-Minister for Aged Care Anik...

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Lauren Broomham

11 Sep 2025

Opinion

RIP: We are seeing the death of the family-run aged care operator

It feels like I am writing an obituary to family-run aged care facilities. Once the backbone of the sector, multi-generation operators are now selling out at a pace not seen before. The sell-off is accelerating, with three landmark deals in just two...

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Lauren Broomham

11 Sep 2025

Aged Care

“Hope is not a strategy” – Tom Symondson warns aged care sector

The clock is ticking to 1 November. With the new Aged Care Act just weeks away, Ageing Australia CEO Tom Symondson has a blunt message: optimism isn’t enough. In an exclusive interview with SATURDAY, Tom named three hurdles that providers must...

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Lauren Broomham

11 Sep 2025

Out of the Ordinary

SATURDAY knows the future: No RAC, no DMF – the future of retirement living

Scalabrini CEO Richard de Haast is rewriting the rules with Harbourside, a $60 million waterfront project that swaps outdated funding models and RAC beds for customer choice, future-proofed apartments and private care safety nets. Why is this...

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Lauren Broomham

09 Sep 2025