Friday 18 December: Federal and State Government round-up of press releases and announcements
Federal: Preparing Australians for the COVID-19 vaccination roll-out: View Here
VIC: Free travel for Victorians this Christmas: View Here
Statement On Victorian Ombudsman Housing Report: View Here
SA: SA has the lowest unemployment in Australia: View Here
WA: COVID-19 relief grants expanded to help pay tenants’ rent debt: View Here
TAS: Tasmanian Government Discounts and Concessions Guide launched: View Here
BaptistCare staff move in at Anglicare’s Newmarch House – as fifth resident passes away
Staff from Ross Low’s Not For Profit have begun working at the aged care home in Kingswood…
Benetas’ Sandra Hills OAM: number of residential care services and homes to drop within three to four years
The CEO of the Victorian-based aged care, home care and retirement living provider for a…
Aged Care Minister maintains care of Newmarch House residents “the highest priority” – Anglicare says they had “full complement” of staff on Friday
Minister for Aged Care Senator Richard Colbeck says the Department of Health, the Aged Care…
Grant Millard flags Newmarch House will be dealing with COVID-19 outbreak for up to 50 days
The Anglicare CEO advised residents’ families of that the operator will likely be addressing the…
Annastacia Palaszczuk threatens to “name and shame” aged care providers as QLD and WA back PM and National Cabinet on easing visitor restrictions
The Queensland Premier said that the behaviour was in direct defiance of clear advice from…
NSW urges aged care staff to come forward for COVID-19 testing – as expanded testing opens across Australia
NSW Health has asked all health care workers, aged care workers or workers in other high risk…
Only one in 10 COVID-19 patients on a ventilator survive, US research shows
More evidence to support taking extra measures to prevent the spread of coronavirus. More than…
Anglicare says it still lacks at least one-third of the staff it needs at Newmarch House despite Government promises – 55 of 90 staff ‘knocked out’ as fourth resident passes away
The Not For Profit released a statement yesterday, saying it is still struggling to fill…
“We’re throwing everything at it”: Aged Care Minister attacked by Karl Stefanovic over Federal Government’s response to staffing at Newmarch House
The Minister for Aged Care, Senator Richard Colbeck, has denied the Government ‘dropped the ball’…
Providers reject PM’s call for visitor restrictions on aged care homes to be lifted – Tasmania refuses to back down on ban
Aged care operators have refused to support Prime Minister Scott Morrison’s call for bans on non-essential…
99.5% of residential aged care operators have finalised infectious control plans – but emergency staffing and PPE still major issues
The vast majority of operators have completed their infectious control/respiratory outbreak management plans that meet…
84-year-old resident at Lendlease’s Dee Why Gardens retirement village hospitalised with COVID-19
A member of the woman’s family has also tested positive for coronavirus with NSW Health…