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Legal Issues

Home care operator Annecto placed in liquidation, may have traded while insolvent

At a second Creditors Meeting held on Monday this week (11 August 2025), disability and home care support services provider Annecto was officially placed into liquidation after 70 years in operation.

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Mergers & Acquisitions

Respect’s buying streak hits nine aged care homes in 2025

Chaffey Aged Care, a 100-bed aged care home in the Victorian town of Merbein, 533km northwest of Melbourne, will join the Not For Profit turnaround specialists, effective 25 August 2025.

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Sector Moves/People

Nick O’Callaghan named CEO of home care provider integratedliving

The former Executive General Manager of Australian Unity, and Interim CEO of myHomecare Group, has been appointed to lead the Not For Profit home care provider.

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Home Care

ACH Group’s new ads inspired by real-life experiences of home care clients

Leading South Australian home care provider ACH Group has launched a new advertising campaign highlighting the everyday challenges of ageing and the positive impact of home care services. CEO Linda Feldt says the campaign was, “Inspired by customer insight”.

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What is the Henry VIII provision in the new aged care Bill?

The only hearing of the Senate Inquiry into the Aged Care (Accommodation Payment Security) Levy Amendment Bill 2025 and Aged Care and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2025 (ACOLA) was held last Friday in Canberra, allowing little time, and at short notice, to interrogate the Bills.

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Home Care

Disability support platform Hireup enters home care market

Hireup, Australia’s largest NDIS-approved online platforms for disability support workers, has expanded to provide a much-needed home care workers, with co-founder and CEO Laura O’Reilly saying, “We can deliver workforce capacity at scale without compromising on quality or continuity.”

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Exclusive: Department releases Support at Home templates for service agreements

The Department of Health, Disability and Ageing has released templates for new services agreements and a range of other materials to help home care providers meet their obligation of establishing or varying agreements with customers in preparation for the rollout of Support at Home on 1 November 2025.

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22 hours ago

Aged Care and Seniors Minister seeks extension on Senator’s request for information

The Aged Care Minister’s office has sought an extension on the request last week in the Senate from Greens Senator Penny Allman-Payne for the release of all communication between the Department and the Minister’s office about aged care assessment wait times and the financial impact on consumers of the incoming reforms.

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Government spending on aged care external contractors grows by another $68 million

The Weekly SOURCE takes a look at some of the most significant recent Australian Government contracts awarded by the Department of Health, Disability and Ageing, the Independent Hospital and Aged Care Pricing Authority, and the Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission, totalling.$68 million.

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Home Care

Home care leaders on not having any new Home Care Packages

New Home Care Packages are only being released when someone on a package passes or enters residential aged care. With 87,597 older Australians waiting for the level of Home Care they have been assessed as needing in the March quarter, providers are bearing the brunt.

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Aged Care

It’s only in SATURDAY: RetireAustralia provides the future of village care without compromise

When RetireAustralia launched The Verge at Burleigh on Queensland’s Gold Coast 12 months ago, it set out to answer a challenging question: how do you deliver care without losing the feeling of home? To discover how their Care Hubs achieved that aim, read SATURDAY.

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Development

Opal HealthCare’s St Ives Botanica Care Community on Sydney’s Upper North Shore approved

Australia’s largest residential aged care provider has secured its second NSW State Significant Development (SSD) approval, marking another major milestone.

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