Topic - aged care
78 bed aged care facility invests $115K in solar to save $40K a year in energy costs
Nov 03 2016
1 min read
The Weekly Source

Chaffey Aged care in Mildura has just installed a 100KW solar system (384 solar panels) for an investment of approximately $115K. They calculate it will reduce their energy bill by $40K a year, paying the investment off in 2.8 years.

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Aged Care

$2 million-plus a bed in Victoria – are they framed in gold?

The Allan Government says construction is underway on a new $69.7 million public aged care facility at Maffra District Hospital, 220km east of Melbourne.

Ian Horswill
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Topic - Aged Care

No excuse for providers to not be ready on 1 November: Aged Care Minister Sam Rae

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Caroline Egan
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Mergers & Acquisitions

Aged care consolidation continues: Regis Aged Care on the march

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Caroline Egan
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Aged Care

Aged care beds going backwards – where’s the outrage?

StewartBrown just dropped a number that should jolt the sector: average time on a Home Care Package has plunged from 3.6 years in FY24 to 2.4 in FY25. That’s not a tweak – it’s a cliff. And it speaks to the same uncomfortable truth across...

Lauren Broomham
23 Oct 2025