New Aged Care Act

NSW retirement village operators now required to file annual capital maintenance report

The NSW Government has finalised and published the Retirement Villages Regulation 2025 (NSW), bringing in a number of key changes for operators.

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Ian Horswill

02 Sep 2025

Opinion

Aged care isn’t “investable” until the numbers stack up

Federal Health Minister Mark Butler has been talking up aged care. In back-to-back ABC interviews last week, he dropped the word “investable” more times than a real estate agent at a Saturday auction. According to Butler, the Government has done...

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Lauren Broomham

28 Aug 2025

Government Policy

5,000 older Australians died last year waiting for Home Care Packages: Senate Inquiry hears

The Senate Inquiry into Aged Care Service Delivery today heard almost 5,000 older Australians died last financial year waiting for the level of Home Care Package they have been assessed as needing. More than 87,000 wait for the level of home care they have been assessed as needing.

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Caroline Egan

29 Aug 2025

Opinion

Retirement villages have Canberra’s attention – now the sector must prove its value

Three years after Daniel Gannon took the reins of the Retirement Living Council (RLC), the sector has achieved something his predecessor Ben Myers was never able to: national recognition in Canberra. This is just the fist step. Retirement villages now need to capitalise on this moment. Here’s how.

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Ian Horswill

02 Sep 2025

Hall & Prior CEO Graeme Prior AM requests $100M in low-interest loans annually to help solve bed crisis

Graeme Prior, CEO of family-owned Hall & Prior, called on the Government of Western Australia to offer its $100 million low-interest loan facility annually, to help aged care providers meet the incoming surge in demand for aged care beds from Baby Boomers.

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Caroline Egan

04 Sep 2025

News & Issues

“No shower for three months”: Morrie, 79, and Letitia, 89, on the long wait for home care

When Letitia Mitchell’s care needs began to increase in January this year, her husband, Morrie, arranged to have her assessed for home care. Letitia was approved for CHSP support, and a cleaner began providing help at their home in Townsville...

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Govt caves in: 20,000 new Home Care Packages to be released by 1 November

At a hastily arranged press conference this afternoon (Wednesday 3 September), Health and Aged Care Minister Mark Butler and Minister for Aged Care and Seniors Sam Rae bowed to mounting pressure, announcing the release of 20,000 additional Home Care Packages before 1 November to ensure the new Aged Care Act takes effect as planned.

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Regis Aged Care’s full-year EBITDA soars 17% and the share market likes it

The ASX-listed aged care provider’s shares jumped close to a record high on Monday (25 August) after the company reported FY25 earnings of $125.8 million on revenue of $1.2 billion, a 14.5% increase.

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Caroline Egan

25 Aug 2025