Labor pledges $5M for Maggie Beer Foundation in aged care food push
Labor has promised $5 million to the Maggie Beer Foundation, among other measures to improve…
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Queensland looks to reduce mandated buybacks for retirement villages to 12 months
Under the Queensland Retirement Villages Act 1999, an amendment in 2017 required retirement village operators…
New powers sought for ASIC over Prime Trust collapse
Former Speaker of the House Tony Smith (pictured) has called for Australian Securities and Investments…
Greens’ Age Pension plan would see retirement age return to 65
The Greens will push for the retirement age to be lowered back to 65, as…
Labor backs Federal Government to defer vital new Aged Care Bill
The Federal Government’s much-touted second Aged Care Bill, which rolls out the new Australian National…
Political failure: second round of Royal Commission legislation effectively ‘dead’ after Fed Govt and Labor intervention
The Morrison Government and Labor Opposition’s decision to defer the Aged Care and Other Legislation…
Labor makes aged care an election issue in Budget Reply
The Opposition has brought aged care front and centre in the upcoming Federal election campaign,…
NSW Seniors Card goes digital on 30th anniversary
The NSW Government is marking 30 years of the Seniors Card by making it available…
Federal Budget disappoints on aged care funding – why Plan B is the only fair solution for a quality system
After last year’s Royal Commission response, this year’s Federal Budget was always going to fall…
What the 2022 Federal Budget contains for aged care
The 2022–23 Budget includes an additional $522 million in aged care spending this year to…