Weekly Source

Moving deck chairs on the Titanic: Govt fails to shift the needle on aged care

The Albanese Government promised to fix aged care. But if this is “fixing it,” we’re in trouble. Let’s start with Example 1: Blair Comley’s 2025 Departmental Briefing to Health Minister Mark Butler – obtained via FOI – doesn’t list...

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Lauren Broomham

03 Jul 2025

Home Care

SATURDAY exclusive: “Still waiting”: The real toll of aged care delays

When aged care executive Meghan Hird submitted a referral to My Aged Care for her father in September 2024, she expected a system that would show up. 10 months later, with his Alzheimer’s progressing to mid-stage dementia, they are still waiting...

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Lauren Broomham

03 Jul 2025

Government Policy

Regulator locks in new liquidity standards for aged care providers

The Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission (ACQSC) has released its consultation report on the draft Financial and Prudential Standards set to come into effect under the new Aged Care Act from 1 November 2025 – and as expected, the core liquidity...

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Lauren Broomham

03 Jul 2025

Opinion

Going nowhere fast: aged care is shrinking yet the sector’s money keeps growing

KPMG’s latest deep dive into the aged care sector is out today – and it confirms what many of us already know. Demand is rising. So is the money. But the sector? It’s still shrinking. Take home care. Government funding soared 29.2% to $8.8...

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Lauren Broomham

26 Jun 2025

Home Care

Two Canberra home care providers exit the sector after Annecto’s demise

Two longstanding Canberra-based home care providers – Community Options ACT and Community Services #1 – have confirmed they will exit the aged care sector, joining home care and disability services provider Annecto, which announced its departure...

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Lauren Broomham

25 Jun 2025

Development

SATURDAY means business: Why St Basil’s Bexley project is more than just bricks and mortar

As retirement living and aged care providers brace for the wave of Baby Boomers, St Basil NSW/ACT’s CEO Diana Horvatovic is betting on assisted living – and building the future now. The Bexley project – a proposed 70-80 unit development, 14km...

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Lauren Broomham

23 Jun 2025

Home Care

Home care providers fear sector collapse without urgent funding and reform clarity: Enkindle survey

Financial viability has overtaken workforce shortages as the top concern for home care providers in 2025, according to aged care advisory firm Enkindle Consulting’s third Home Care Provider Outlook Survey. The 29-page report, based on feedback...

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Lauren Broomham

19 Jun 2025

Opinion

“A national disgrace”: Butler’s 2022 words come back to bite on home care delays

In 2022, then-Shadow Health Minister Mark Butler condemned the Morrison Government for the 50,000 older Australians who died waiting for Home Care Packages, calling it “a national disgrace.” Now, as Health and Ageing Minister, Butler is facing his own reckoning.

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Lauren Broomham

12 Jun 2025

Aged Care

Rethinking healthcare at home: why Amplar Health is building the future for ageing Australians

Australia’s population is ageing, hospitals are under pressure, and traditional care models are falling short. Amplar Health, led by CEO Robert Read (pictured above), is reimagining healthcare with hospital-level services delivered at home...

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Lauren Broomham

12 Jun 2025

Aged Care

Plan T: urgent ‘transformation’ needed to future-proof aged care for residents and operators

With aged care home occupancy over 95%, 85,000-plus on home care wait lists, and thousands stuck in hospitals, Australia’s aged care system is already operating beyond capacity – and facing a demographic tidal wave.

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Chris Baynes

12 Jun 2025

Aged Care

Tom Symondson’s next big thing: the continuum of ageing in Australia

As the new Aged Care Act nears implementation, Ageing Australia CEO Tom Symondson says it’s time to start talking about what comes next. At the 2025 LEADERS SUMMIT and in a recent interview with SATURDAY, Tom revealed that Ageing Australia has...

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Chris Baynes

12 Jun 2025

Chris Baynes

Plan T: Transformation – an action plan for positive change in the aged care system is required

The aged care system is bogged down from years of rules and regulations piling on top of each other to the point where it is now grossly inefficient and failing to deliver optimum care equally across the country.

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Chris Baynes

12 Jun 2025

Opinion

Why the delayed Aged Care Act is a double-edged sword

Just 17 business days out from its long-awaited start, the Federal Government has delayed the new Aged Care Act – again. It’s the third time the legislation has been pushed back, and while the pause has been welcomed by peak bodies and providers, make no mistake: this delay comes at a cost.

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Lauren Broomham

05 Jun 2025