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DCM Institute announces first Professional Development Day in Canberra

The event is in response to the overwhelming demand from Village Professionals in the ACT for professional development, learning and support. DCM Institute, the largest development program for village and community managers, will provide expert...

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Development

Campbelltown Catholic Club in Sydney’s southwest has approval for Siquilla Retirement Residences

There will be around 90 apartments and an array of amenities for residents built next door to Macarthur’s premier entertainment, business, leisure and dining destination, 53km southwest of Sydney’s CBD. Siquilla Retirement Residences will be for...

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Legal Issues

Operators and residents urged to have a say on SA’s proposed regulations for new Retirement Villages (Miscellaneous) Amendment Act 2024

Stakeholder feedback will help shape the proposed amendments to the state’s Retirement Villages Regulations 2017. Key changes include: Improved transparency in contracts and disclosure statements for prospective residents; Enhanced codes of...

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Sector Moves/People

John Innes departs club/retirement living JV group Pariter with Tom Roche assuming CEO position

After five years establishing Pariter and creating a pipeline of joint ventures with community and golf clubs, John Innes has handed the CEO role to Tom Roche. John Innes Tom has led numerous large real estate and infrastructure transactions for...

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Legal Issues

ACT workshop: Government requires retirement living operators have elder abuse strategy in place from 27 May

ACT Discrimination, Health Services, Disability and Community Services Commissioner Karen Toohey will be at Goodwin Aged Care Services on Wednesday for the second successive week talking to retirement living operators about the territory’s...

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Mergers & Acquisitions

AVID Property’s American owner buys AVJennings for $369 million

Real estate giant Proprium Capital Partners and its local development arm, which operates the land lease communities brand Vantage, has bought the business founded by Albert Victor Jennings in Melbourne in 1932. AVJennings was vulnerable, as it had...

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Mergers & Acquisitions

‘Affordable’ Aspen Group adds to portfolio with second WA land buy in six weeks

The ASX-listed affordable housing group announced last Wednesday it has entered a conditional contract to buy a new 18ha accommodation complex in Australind, a town 12km northeast of Bunbury’s CBD. Aspen Group, which serves the 40% of Australian...

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Sector Moves & People

Lutheran Homes Barossa appoint Michelle Schupelius its new CEO

Michelle, who is a board member of South Australia’s Aged Care Industry Association and Secreteriat Support, Healthy Ageing Faculty, Australian College of Nursing (ACN), lives locally with her family in the town of Kapunda, near the Baross...

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Development

Lilyponds Holiday Park on Qld’s Sunshine Coast seeks to be Over 50s homes

The owners have applied for a material change of use application to Sunshine Coast Council to replace 45 caravan sites with 36 relocatable homes and four short-term accommodation cabins in Mapleton, a town in the hinterland, 107km north of Brisbane...

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Awards

Kara Jones at Keyton’s Harbourside Village is WA Manager of the Year

The state winners have been selected in preparation for the national award in June – see the full list below. Kara has been the Village Manager at the retirement village with more than 250 residents in Mindarie, a coastal suburb 37km north of...

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Out of the Ordinary

Mark Bindon told LEADERS SUMMIT 2024 he’d be back. Now, he returns with Kado Residences — high-end, wellness-infused retirement living with three premier coastal locations revealed

The visionary Founders of Oak Tree Group, Mark Bindon and Franco DePasquale, have launched Kado Group, their latest venture alongside General Manager Melissa Luck, also formerly of Oak Tree. Bringing together a trusted team from their former brand...

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31 Mar 2025

Sector Moves & People

LEADERS SUMMIT 2025 presentation videos available on YouTube: Chris Baynes’ opener

DCM Group CEO Chris Baynes launched the LEADERS SUMMIT 2025 with a national landscape review to a sold-out audience of the leading executives from the ageing sector. The SUMMIT program was curated to lead delegates through the significant challenges...

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