Whitehorse Council in Victoria has been threatened with recovery action by the Department of Health and Ageing (Department) over a capital works grant of $1,431,600 provided for 1991 for Nunawading aged care facility. The Department is demanding that $715,800 of that grant be refunded because the Council sold the facility in 2008 for $17.65m.
Opinion
Retirement villages have Canberra’s attention – now the sector must prove its value
Three years after Daniel Gannon took the reins of the Retirement Living Council (RLC), the sector has achieved something his predecessor Ben Myers was never able to: national recognition in Canberra. This is just the fist step. Retirement villages now need to capitalise on this moment. Here’s how.
