Canberra's retirement and aged care operators would be hit with a tax of up to $20,000 a bed by the ACT Government if the recommendations of a Treasury-ordered report are adopted. Recommendations are for a charge of $40,000 to allow each retirement village unit to be built, $20,000 for a new nursing home bed, and $10,000 each for new child-care places.
18,650 social and affordable homes funded as 370 homes set for repurpose
The Australian Government’s flagship Housing Australia Future Fund (HAFF) has agreed to fund 9,284 social and 9,366 affordable homes through 279 successful projects under the first two funding rounds of the HAFF and National Housing Accord Facility...