Thursday, 19 February 2026
Meet the team

The journalists behind The Weekly SOURCE

Our journalists bring deep sector knowledge across retirement living, aged care and home care - combining reporting, analysis and informed perspective to help leaders understand what’s changing, and why.

Chris Baynes

CEO & Founder
Chris is the founder of the The DCM Group and recognised a gap in support for the seniors' living, thus creating The Weekly SOURCE. He edits and writes across the full portfolio of industry topics with a specialisation in retirement living and land-lease communities. With decades of experience across media, property and seniors living, he brings a deep sector perspective to coverage of policy, reform and industry change, and is a long-standing commentator on the forces shaping outcomes for older Australians.
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Lauren Broomham

Editor
Lauren oversees The DCM Group’s portfolio of B2B titles, including flagship publication The Weekly SOURCE and subscriber-only digital magazine SATURDAY for senior executives. With more than a decade’s experience covering retirement living and aged care, she spent two years travelling the country following the Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety and has built a reputation as an outspoken commentator on the challenges shaping the sector.
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Ian Horswill

Content Editor
Ian writes primarily on retirement living and land-lease communities, covering development activity, funding, government policy and regulatory change. His reporting focuses on how planning settings, capital and policy decisions shape project viability and long-term outcomes across the sector. With more than 30 years’ experience as a journalist, he brings deep sector knowledge to reporting on how planning, capital and policy decisions shape investment, delivery and long-term outcomes across seniors living.
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Caroline Egan

Journalist
Caroline writes across aged care and home care, covering policy, service delivery, workforce, technology and emerging models of care. Her reporting spans residential, home-based and community care settings, with a focus on how reform, innovation and operational practice affect providers and the people they support. Caroline approaches sector change through a practical lens, examining how policy decisions translate into real-world outcomes across the care continuum.