Monday, 19 January 2026

Topic - Sector Moves/People

Interest in villages and care growing in the investment markets – Marcus Darville quoted extensively in press from LEADERS SUMMIT - he has $850M to invest

Ingenia recruits Norah Barlow to the board – bringing NZ village expertise plus a familiar face to wholesale investors

ECH leads the service innovation highway – selling 1200 residential care beds to concentrate on villages and community care

Justin Laboo shines in child care sector while others fail

ACSA, the Retirement Living Council and LASA issue a joint communiqué, championing integrated care models in retirement villages to policy makers

Baldwin buys 88 ILU Liberty Seniors Living village, expanding into QLD

Shane Nicholson reveals the real village and care sales landscape

ACSA National Open Day – 30 care facilities registered in first week

UnitingCare NSW & ACT kick starts its media profile, appointing an ad agency

Two days to go and two very good reasons why you should be at the LEADERS SUMMIT – this Thursday/Friday in Sydney

Masonic Homes SA CEO Doug Strain calls it a day

Becton’s The Woniora village sold by Suncorp to a resi developer - a train crash for the residents and the sector