Topic - Aged Care

Uniting expands Sydney aged care facility with 137 village units

May 09 2017 Updated May 3, 2023

The Weekly Source

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An artist’s impression of the Bowden Brae Normanhurst development

The new ILUs will be built at its 106-bed Bowden Brae Normanhurst aged care facility on Sydney’s Upper North Shore, 28km northwest of the CBD.

The first stage of the redevelopment will be built by Cockram Constructions and will also feature a wellness centre, café and swimming pool.

The guru of aged care: retirement living’s future is private aged care

The retirement sector is going to have to move into assisted living and ultimately private aged care. Baby Boomers, now aged 61-79 now, will demand it. With the funnelling of older Australians into residential aged care already hitting full...

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Ian Horswill

26 Aug 2025

Mergers & Acquisitions

Land lease operator Lincoln Place buys site in Yeppoon, QLD, for its biggest estate

In July 2023, Lincoln Place founders Nicholas Collishaw and Ben Hindmarsh told The Weekly SOURCE they expected to build in scale to be in the “top three in the (land lease) sector” Their latest acquisition - a 31.25ha site in the Yeppoon suburb...

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Ian Horswill

21 Aug 2025

Legal Issues

NSW retirement village operators now required to file annual capital maintenance report

The NSW Government has finalised and published the Retirement Villages Regulation 2025 (NSW), bringing in a number of key changes for operators.

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Ian Horswill

02 Sep 2025

Opinion

Aged care isn’t “investable” until the numbers stack up

Federal Health Minister Mark Butler has been talking up aged care. In back-to-back ABC interviews last week, he dropped the word “investable” more times than a real estate agent at a Saturday auction. According to Butler, the Government has done...

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Lauren Broomham

28 Aug 2025

Inspector-General of Aged Care releases first Annual Work Plan with five priorities

The Inspector-General of Aged Care, Natalie Siegel-Brown, who commenced in the role in January, has released the Office’s Annual Work Plan 2025-26, outlining five key priorities. Her vision for aged care includes a system that is “kind” and “compassionate”, that provides “high-quality care”.

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1 October marks another pay rise for direct care workers and aged care nurses

The Fair Work Commission has published the latest round of aged care pay rises brought about through the Work Value cases first launched by the Health Services Union back in 2021.

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Govt caves in: 20,000 new Home Care Packages to be released by 1 November

At a hastily arranged press conference this afternoon (Wednesday 3 September), Health and Aged Care Minister Mark Butler and Minister for Aged Care and Seniors Sam Rae bowed to mounting pressure, announcing the release of 20,000 additional Home Care Packages before 1 November to ensure the new Aged Care Act takes effect as planned.

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Caroline Egan

5 hours ago

Government Policy

Backlog blows out: Govt admits 109,000 waiting for home care

The Government has finally confirmed the size of the Home Care Package backlog after weeks of pressure in Parliament – and it’s bigger than most expected.

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Caroline Egan

5 hours ago