Opinion

Is David Di Pilla making a land lease wrap up move on Lifestyle Communities and Ingenia?

Last Thursday David Di Pilla’s HMC Capital notified the ASX it had acquired 2.69% of Lifestyle Communities. It looks like they may also have access to another 4.6%, a total of 7.3%, whilst also owning around 8% of Ingenia. What is his strategy? Di...

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Opinion

It is time every village operator signs up to the Code of Conduct

In November 2018, Retirement Living Council President and CEO of RetireAustralia, Alison Quinn (pictured), said the final draft Retirement Living Code of Conduct had now been endorsed by the RLC members and operators were expected to sign up and...

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Opinion

Older Australians aren’t fools and are not rusted on to the ABC anymore

Adele Ferguson and ABC 7.30 spent months building their ‘activist’ critique of the retirement villages sector, broadcast across approximately 10 days, from 30 September to 9 October. Few listened and fewer cared. Despite harnessing ABC TV, radio...

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Opinion

Complacency comes at a cost for the retirement village sector

In the early 80s I was employed at a Sydney advertising agency. We had many smart clients but one in particular stood out: BP. The ABC 7.30 negative events of the past few weeks tell me that the retirement village sector (and the aged care sector)...

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Opinion

It may not be obvious but retirement living and land lease operators have received a ‘win’ in new aged care announcements

When Prime Minister Anthony Albanese announced “historic aged care reforms” on 12 September there was no mention of retirement villages or land lease communities. However, behind the new Aged Care Act and in particular co-contribution, that will be...

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