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Lauren Broomham

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Lauren is a Editor at The DCM Group.

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Government Policy

The three aged care bombshells from Senate Estimates

Last week’s Senate Estimates hearing – held just three weeks before sweeping reforms roll out – gave politicians the chance to ask Government heavyweights the questions they’re getting from constituents and to interrogate the once-in-a-generation changes.

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Caroline Egan
15 Oct 2025
Opinion

The retirement village identity crisis

It is with great interest we are following the developments in South Australia regarding the planning classification of retirement villages as ‘essential infrastructure’. The catalyst? Senior Australians locked in hospital beds with no place to...

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James Wiltshire
14 Oct 2025
Opinion

Keyton’s thought leadership in a sea of misunderstanding on what retirement villages are

Why has Keyton for the second year financed a Future of Retirement Living roundtable in Canberra plus a full page in the Australian? They identify two major problems: bureaucrats still don’t understand what retirement villages are and don’t...

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Ian Horswill
21 Oct 2025
Opinion

Our big idea: co-located retirement villages can solve hospital ‘bed occupancy’ in 16 weeks

Across Australia 2,000 hospital beds now hold 2,000 older Australians getting sicker, waiting for an aged care bed. The cost: $1,500 to $2,000 per day. Could co-located retirement villages offer a solution?

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Chris Baynes
16 Oct 2025
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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...

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Caroline Egan
22 hours ago
Topic - Acquisitions
Mergers & Acquisitions

Bain lines up Gresham to run Estia Health sale alongside Barrenjoey

Bain Capital has reportedly added M&A advisory group Gresham to the ticket to find a buyer for Estia Health, Australia’s second-largest residential aged care operator.

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Caroline Egan
22 Oct 2025
Mergers & Acquisitions
Aged Care

Nurses’ union launches aged care review, alleges providers are gaming care minute targets

Australia’s largest union, the Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation (ANMF), will conduct a nationwide “pulse check” of aged care, drawing on frontline feedback from nurses and care workers.

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Caroline Egan
22 Oct 2025
Topic - Acquisitions
Mergers & Acquisitions

SAP Capital acquires Launceston retirement village with plans for mix of resales and affordable rentals

SAP Capital has purchased Tamar Riverside Retirement Village and adjoining land in Launceston, Tasmania, adding the asset to its Easy Living Villas portfolio. Director Sid Gupta told The Weekly SOURCE the Brisbane-based fund acquired the 1.34ha holding with settlement due January 2026.

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Ian Horswill
20 Oct 2025
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