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Oct 26 2023 Updated December 2, 2024

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The $4B problem: Govt’s proposed liquidity requirements a nail in the coffin for aged care

The Federal Government is seeking to set minimum liquidity requirements for residential aged care providers for the first time – dangerous territory for a sector that has finally reached a level of financial and regulatory certainty. Previously...

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Lauren Broomham

20 Feb 2025

Opinion

1,250 net new aged care beds in 2024: why PEP’s billion-dollar Opal HealthCare deal is ‘rolled gold’

The private equity firm’s agreement to take a 50% stake in Australia’s largest private residential aged care operator is confirmation that the sector is again headed for boom time as demand increasingly exceeds supply. As we report this week...

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Lauren Broomham

13 Feb 2025

Government Policy

New minimum liquidity ratios for aged care revealed

The new Aged Care Quality and Safety Commissioner, Liz Hefren-Webb, hosted a webinar on Tuesday outlining the New Financial and Prudential Standards, which remain open for consultation but due to take effect from 1 July 2025.

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Caroline Egan

20 Feb 2025

Mergers & Acquisitions

Final hurdle: Pacific Equity Partners to buy AMP Capital’s stake in Opal HealthCare

Australasia’s oldest and largest private equity firm has reached an agreement to buy AMP Capital’s “up to 50% stake” in Opal HealthCare, Australia’s largest private aged care operator, with 133 aged care homes across NSW, Victoria, QLD, WA, and SA.

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Caroline Egan

13 Feb 2025

John Wood’s Providence Lifestyle Resorts wants to extend fourth land lease estate near Perth, WA

John founded Providence Lifestyle Group in 2020, with fellow directors John Green, James Turnbull, and Brad Denison. He founded National Lifestyle Villages, which was sold to GIC and Tasman Capital Partners in 2018, when he became Director of...

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Only in SATURDAY: reason for hope for village operators in Aged Care Act draft

Hybrid, privately funded care models in retirement villages should fall outside the remit of new Aged Care Act legislation, MinterEllison Partner Penelope Eden has told the latest issue of SATURDAY. The Exposure Draft of the new Act has had many...

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Lauren Broomham

05 Feb 2024

Uncategorized

North Bundaberg’s 487 home RV land lease village incentivised for fast start

The RV Lifestyle Village Oceanside project was officially opened this past weekend after a ribbon cutting ceremony. The resort-style village, located just outside Bundaberg in Burnett Heads, will have 487 sites upon its completion. Bundaberg Region...

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The Weekly Source

15 Feb 2021

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Lake Macquarie Council assessing a $38M seniors housing development proposed by new village entrant

The Lake Macquarie Council is looking at the $38 million development application for senior’s living and retail on a 16,800sqm site in Mount Hutton, 14km from Newcastle. Submitted by development advisers Baini Design on behalf of a mystery new...

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The Weekly Source

26 Jan 2021