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Retirement and Community Living

Village sector only stronger 12 months after ABC 7.30’s Retirement Rip-Off story: RLC

Retirement Living Council Executive Director Daniel Gannon, who was interrupted 78 times after agreeing to talk to ABC 7.30 reporter Adele Ferguson 12 months ago, said “Rather than retreat, the Retirement Living Council tackled fiction with facts - and trhe industry stood united.“

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Ian Horswill
30 Sep 2025
Home Care

ABC 7.30 hones in on higher home care fees under Support at Home

The ABC’s 7.30 program has put the spotlight on increased consumer contributions under the Government’s new Support at Home scheme, set to begin 1 November 2025. As The Weekly SOURCE reported in SATURDAY back in July, from 1 November 2025, clients approved for Home Care Packages after 12 September 2024 will be required to contribute up to 15% of their service costs. That co-payment could mean $70 to $210 per week for basics like showering or domestic help.

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Caroline Egan
24 Sep 2025
Legal Issues

Heritage Care found not guilty over deadly COVID-19 outbreak in 2020

A jury has found Victorian aged care provider Heritage Care did not breach the state’s Occupational Health and Safety laws by not properly training staff to use personal protective equipment (PPE) before a deadly COVID-19 outbreak.

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Caroline Egan
17 Sep 2025
In the Headlines

Lifestyle Communities sells Ocean Grove land to pay down debt

ASX-listed land lease operator Lifestyle Communities has finalised the first of four land sales as part of a $114 million divestment program to cut debt.

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Ian Horswill
15 Sep 2025
News & Headlines

SATURDAY is your water cooler talking point: Odyssey’s new direction

When Odyssey Lifestyle Care Communities began planning its $150 million Chevron Island project, it leaned on trusted tier-one contractors. For its future pipeline, the operator is taking a new path. CEO Aaron Lavell talks exclusively to SATURDAY...

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Ian Horswill
15 Sep 2025
In the Headlines

Macquarie-backed Millbray enters land lease market with $2.9B fund and 5,000-home target

Macquarie Asset Management has officially unveiled Millbray, a new vertically integrated land lease communities group, with plans to deliver at least 5,000 homes along Australia’s eastern seaboard.

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Ian Horswill
09 Sep 2025
Government Policy

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
12 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
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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Caroline Egan
03 Sep 2025
Government Policy

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
Mergers & Acquisitions

Curtin Heritage Living expands WA footprint with acquisition of home care provider Carealot

Not For Profit Perth-based aged care provider Curtin Heritage Living has expanded its reach across Western Australia with the acquisition of family-run home care provider, Carealot. Curtin Heritage CEO David Cox said Carealot operates in Perth, South West, and the Great Southern region, and has operated for 30 years.

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Caroline Egan
03 Sep 2025
Government Policy

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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Caroline Egan
03 Sep 2025
Aged Care

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
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