30 residents were evacuated from the Farnorha retirement village in Cairns when a truck carrying chemicals caught fire. Residents were allowed to return when air samples were confirmed to be clear. Meanwhile in Melbourne a 90-year-old resident and her friend ploughed their car through the front glass doors of the Baxter village chapel, narrowly missing two chaplains.
The three aged care bombshells from Senate Estimates
Last week’s Senate Estimates hearing – held just three weeks before sweeping reforms roll out – gave politicians the chance to ask Government heavyweights the questions they’re getting from constituents and to interrogate the once-in-a-generation changes.