Sector Moves & People

Aged care visa deal brings just 249 overseas workers in 2.5 years

The Aged Care Industry Labour Agreement (ACILA) program – central to the Federal Government’s plan to ease aged care workforce shortages – has fallen well short, with only 249 overseas recruits arriving since May 2023, according to a new report from the Committee for Economic Development of Australia (CEDA).

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Caroline Egan

5 hours ago

Sector Moves & People

Columbia Aged Care CEO Lucy O’Flaherty steps down

Lucy O’Flaherty will step down as CEO of Sydney-based private operator Columbia Aged Care at year’s end to become Chief Executive of Not For Profit Primary Health Tasmania.

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Caroline Egan

6 hours ago

Sector Moves & People

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.

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Ian Horswill

13 Oct 2025

Sector Moves & People

GemLife appoints Adam Fairfax as Group Head of Investor Relations and Strategy

GemLife has appointed Adam Fairfax as its new Group Head of Investor Relations and Strategy, following the company’s landmark listing on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) in July – the largest IPO of the year.

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Ian Horswill

13 Oct 2025

Sector Moves & People

Treasure Jennings appointed Aged Care Complaints Commissioner

Treasure Jennings, the current head of Victoria’s Mental Health and Wellbeing Commission, has been appointed Aged Care Complaints Commissioner, effective 1 November 2025, just as the new aged care reforms take effect.

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Caroline Egan

09 Oct 2025

Sector Moves & People

SA’s largest retirement living operator and home care provider ECH appoints new CEO

Alan Morrrison, the Chief Executive Officer of the private Burnside Hospital in Adelaide and Deputy Chair of HESTA Super Fund, has been appointed Chief Executive of the profit-for-purpose organisation founded in 1964. He will assume his role in...

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Ian Horswill

02 Oct 2025

Sector Moves & People

Arthur Koumoukelis joins TGLT to lead Retirement Village Rollovers practice

Aged care and retirement living lawyer Arthur Koumoukelis has joined TG Legal + Technology (TGLT) as Principal Lawyer, where he will head the firm’s growing Retirement Village Rollovers practice.

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Ian Horswill

03 Oct 2025

Sector Moves & People

Seniors living consultancy Ethos Urban rebrands as Colliers Urban Planning

Ethos Urban, one of Australia’s leading planning and urban development consultancies with a strong footprint in seniors housing, has taken on a new identity as Colliers Urban Planning.

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Ian Horswill

03 Oct 2025

Government Policy

National aged care worker registration scheme inching forward

The Australian Government has released a summary of its consultation on a national registration scheme for personal care workers, a recommendation of the Aged Care Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety.

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Caroline Egan

02 Oct 2025

Mergers & Acquisitions

Roshana Care Group acquires closed aged care home in regional NSW

Perth-based aged care operator Roshana Care Group will reopen Rosedurnate Aged Care, in Parkes, a town 355km west of Sydney, which The Salvation Army closed in 2024. The 70-bed home will be refurbished before reopening in the first quarter of 2026. Parkes Mayor Neil Westcott said “wonderful news”.

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Caroline Egan

01 Oct 2025

Sector Moves & People

Former Optus CEO appointed head of Australian Unity

Kelly Bayer Rosmarin, who resigned as Optus Chief Executive in 2023 after the telco was hit by a cyberattack and a nationwide outage, will work alongside outgoing Austra;lian Unity MD & CEO Rohan Mead from 5 November 2025, taking up the top job on 15 December 2025.

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Caroline Egan

30 Sep 2025

Sector Moves & People

Oliver Luckhurst-Smith steps up as RLC’s National Policy Director for Retirement Living

The Property Council of Australia’s Retirement Living Council has promoted Oliver Luckhurst-Smith from National Policy Manager to National Policy Director, recognising his growing role in shaping the sector’s advocacy agenda.

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Ian Horswill

29 Sep 2025

Sector Moves & People

Changing of the guard: new NSW residents’ leader as QLD veteran re-elected

Residents’ voices in retirement villages remain strong across three states, with new and returning leadership announced in NSW, Queensland and WA.

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Ian Horswill

29 Sep 2025