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NSW: Treeview Estate opens new Lifestyle Centre

Nov 18 2010 Updated July 4, 2023

The Weekly Source

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Treeview Estate retirement village in the Blue Mountains has opened their new Lifestyle Centre which features an auditorium, library, café, entertainment room, arts & craft workshop, kitchen, beauty salon and medical consulting room. Treeview Estate is currently selling Stage Three of their development.

Breaking news: Government delays new Aged Care Act

Minister for Health and Ageing Mark Butler and Minister for Aged Care and Seniors Sam Rae announced this morning that commencement of the new Aged Care Act on 1 July 2025 will be delayed four months until 1 November 2025.

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Caroline Egan

04 Jun 2025

Opinion

Why the delayed Aged Care Act is a double-edged sword

Just 17 business days out from its long-awaited start, the Federal Government has delayed the new Aged Care Act – again. It’s the third time the legislation has been pushed back, and while the pause has been welcomed by peak bodies and providers, make no mistake: this delay comes at a cost.

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Lauren Broomham

05 Jun 2025

Aged Care

10 sector CEOs react to four-month delay of new Aged Care Act

The shock announcement in Adelaide yesterday morning by Minister for Aged Care and Seniors, Sam Rae, flanked by Minister for Health and Ageing Mark Butler, to delay the new Aged Care Act from 1 July to 1 November has revealed there are major...

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Ian Horswill

05 Jun 2025

Home Care

Breaking news: 83,000 Home Care Packages the latest aged care measure to be delayed

In a further twist for Australia’s aged care sector, Federal Minister for Health and Aged Care, Mark Butler, has confirmed that the rollout of 83,000 new Home Care Packages – originally scheduled to commence on 1 July 2025 – will now be delayed until 1 November 2025.

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Lauren Broomham

06 Jun 2025

$36M Resthaven Bellevue Heights redevelopment in Adelaide opens doors

The South Australian Not For Profit provider has opened Stage 2 of the redevelopment of Resthaven Bellevue Heights in Mitcham, 7km south of Adelaide’s CBD.

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Judge reviews final payout approvals in Newmarch House aged care class action

Last Friday, the NSW Supreme Court’s Justice Peter Garling hears from parties in Shine Lawyers’ class action against Anglicare Sydney over the deaths of residents at Sydney’s Newmarch House in the early days of the pandemic.

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Jury considers fate of police officer accused of manslaughter of aged care resident Clare Nowland

Senior Constable Kristian White, 34, has pleaded not guilty to the manslaughter of Clare Nowland, who he tasered at the 40-bed Yallambee Lodge aged care facility, in Cooma, 114km south of Canberra, on May 17, 2023.

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Mirus Australia: 57% not confident about their aged care home’s data handling

Just over half of respondents who attended a webinar hosted by the aged care advisory group disagreed with the statement they have proper applications in place managing their data safety and have no manual processes. The same survey by Mirus...

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Caroline Egan

06 Sep 2024