The NSW Department of Planning and the Coffs Harbour City Council are the targets of a letter writing campaign by Mullaway residents opposed to Darkum Roads aged care proposal. As reported in The Village Manager last week, Darkum Road, part-owned by former politician John Hannaford, has plans to build an 80-room aged care facility costing almost $11.7 million.
Does this pass the pub test? Direct aged care workers awarded wages rises of up to 13.5% by Fair Work Commission – but indirect care workers only given up to 6.8%
Workers across residential aged care and home care will receive wages rises between 3.2% and 13.5% after the Fair Work Commission (FWC) determined on Friday that their work has historically been undervalued. The Stage 3 decision in the long-running...