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ACT Government bows to village industry pressure and resident demands on Village Act overhaul
Jun 07 2012
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The Weekly Source

The ACT Government has agreed to adopt NSW laws rather than overhaul the current ACT Act. Operators and residents both claimed it would have added cost and complexity, including operators refusing to enter the ACT market.

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The retirement village identity crisis

It is with great interest we are following the developments in South Australia regarding the planning classification of retirement villages as ‘essential infrastructure’. The catalyst? Senior Australians locked in hospital beds with no place to...

James Wiltshire
13 hours ago
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Providence Lifestyle files two DAs for over 500 land lease homes in WA

Providence Lifestyle – founded in 2020 by John Green, Brad Denison, James Turnbull and John Wood – has lodged two development applications in Western Australia totalling 504 over-50s homes.

Ian Horswill
13 Oct 2025
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Lifestyle Communities CFO Darren Rowland resigns, with successor named

Lifestyle Communities has announced the resignation of Chief Financial Officer (and Joint Company Secretary) Darren Rowland, effective end of January 2026. He has served as CFO since May 2018.

Ian Horswill
13 Oct 2025
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Thousands of NSW village residents to benefit from embedded network price cap

Embedded electricity networks – common in retirement villages, land lease communities, apartment blocks and shopping centres – supply multiple premises from a single grid connection and may include electricity, gas, hot water, chilled water or air conditioning. An estimated 95,000 NSW households are covered by these arrangements.

Ian Horswill
13 Oct 2025