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ATO plans to charge GST on manufactured home parks scrapped

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A concerted effort by the Residents Association of manufactured home parks has headed off the ATO which had planned to impose GST in mobile homes. This would have added 10% to the cost of the purchase of a home.

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Aged Care

Peak bodies outcry over Aged Care Taskforce silence: ‘no excuse for delay’

Catholic Health Australia, the peak body representing 350 Catholic Not For Profit aged care facilities, said there “is no excuse for delay” in the reform of aged care by adoption of the Aged Care Taskforce recommendations. “It’s been six months...

Ian Horswill
14 May 2024
Government Policy

“End this uncertainty”: aged care sector implores Govt to act on Taskforce recommendations

Aged care providers are expressing their disappointment in reports the Government will not unveil its responses to the Aged Care Taskforce’s recommendations in tomorrow’s Federal Budget. Last week, The Australian reported that aged care will not be...

Caroline Egan
13 May 2024
Aged Care

Unions and aged care providers’ peak body at odds over staggering Stage 3 wage rise

The peak body for aged care providers, Aged and Community Care Providers Association (ACCPA), is reluctantly supporting the Government’s April 2024 proposal to phase in the Fair Work Commission (FWC)’s Stage 3 wage rise for aged care workers. “The...

Caroline Egan
14 May 2024
Opinion

Disappointment confirmed: Taskforce recommendations excluded from next Tuesday’s Budget

I wrote in March that the release of the recommendations was “all about shifting the ground and conversations”

Chris Baynes
09 May 2024
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The Minister for Aged Care Anika Wells reassured aged care sector attendees of the Department of Health and Aged Care’s post-Budget briefing webinar on Wednesday that the Department is working busily behind the scenes on its response to the Aged...

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Budget allocation for home care packages will increase pressure on waiting lists

The sector had hoped for the release of more home care packages to relieve the pressure on waiting lists. Tim Hicks, Executive General Manager Policy & Advocacy at Bolton Clarke, had hoped for 40,000 packages “to meet increased demand”. Aged and...

Caroline Egan
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Sector can’t plan ahead: aged care sector expresses Budget frustration

Despite reports last week the Government would not address the Taskforce’s recommendations in the Budget, the absence of progress on that front, in particular on funding measures, has been met with frustration and disappointment by leaders in the...

Caroline Egan
16 May 2024
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