The federal government has announced its CPI indexation at a 1.7% increase, with ACSA CEO, Greg Mundy, incredulous. He says it is not possible to understand how the government could take pride in it when the CPI increase alone was 2.9% for the March quarter. In particular he said the 1.7% will do nothing to stop the erosion of community care hours or help pay competitive wages for valued staff, with competition for staff only getting worse in aged care. He said far from a funding boost, 1.2% is a funding blow. (See end story for one outcome).
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Government confirms AN-ACC price rise and 42% hotelling supplement boost
The Albanese Government has confirmed new funding increases for residential aged care from next month – including a significant 42% jump in the hotelling supplement. From 1 October 2025, the Australian National Aged Care Classification (AN-ACC)...