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Only 583 overseas workers granted visas under Aged Care Industry Labour Agreements

There have been 2,649 visas issued under the Albanese Government’s Aged Aged Care Labour Agreements (ACILs), which were introduced in 2023 to help aged care providers recruit more qualified migrant workers into Australia’s aged care sector. Of those...

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Good news for aged care providers: Butler streamlines process to employ overseas Registered Nurses

From March 2025, nurses with relevant qualifications and experience from ‘comparable countries’, will no longer have to sit additional exams or upgrade their qualifications to gain registration to work in Australia, said Health and Aged Care Minister Mark Butler.

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Southern Cross Care NSW & ACT can take 15 of 22 residents as NSW Govt closes Corowa Nursing Home

Murrumbidgee Local Health District has decided to close Corowa Hospital Nursing Home, on the New South Wales border with Victoria, and the home’s 22 residents will move to Not For Profit Southern Cross Care NSW & ACT’s Karinya aged care home, located less that a kilometre away.

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Legal Issues

75-year-old former nurse charged with alleged murder of roommate, 88, at WA aged care home

Suzanne Margaret Lupica, 75, a former nurse, has been charged with allegedly murdering Lilian Catherine Donnelly, 88, who was living with dementia. The pair had only been sharing a room for four days when the alleged murder took place about 4.20am...

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Opinion

Ahead of the Federal Election, The SOURCE asks mecwacare CEO Anne McCormack for her aged care wishlist

With politicians on the campaign trail, The Weekly SOURCE is asking CEOs across the sector what they would like to see our Federal politicians prioritising for aged care.

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Fed Govt to cover part of increased leave entitlements in aged care worker pay rises

The Federal Government has opened a grant opportunity for aged care providers to cover higher long service leave, annual leave, and personal leave entitlements reflecting Stage 3 of the Fair Work Commission’s aged care work value wage rise, which came into effect on 1 January 2025.

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Sector Moves & People

The late Paul Johnson, former COO BallyCara, posthumously awarded Medal of the Order of Australia

Paul Johnson, who drove significant growth at Not For Profit aged care provider BallyCara in the decade he spent with the group, has posthumously been awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) for his services to ‘aged welfare’.

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93 organisations funded to become CHSP providers for the first time

The Federal Government’s $100 million Commonwealth Home Support Program (CHSP) Growth Funding 2024-25 grants have been allocated to 133 providers, including home care operator Five Good Friends, dementia specialists HammondCare, and ASX-listed...

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29 Jan 2025

Opinion

Ahead of the Federal Election, The SOURCE asks CEOs for their aged care wishlist

With politicians already on the campaign trail before a date has been announced for this year’s Federal election, The Weekly SOURCE is asking CEOs across the ageing sector what they want from the politicians now. Byron Cannon, Chief Executive...

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Aged Care

ACCPA to RIP as Ageing Australia is born on 30 January

Three months after The Weekly SOURCE’s Editor Lauren Broomham broke the story that the Aged and Community Care Providers Association (ACCPA) was changing its name to Ageing Australia, we can now report the peak body name change will take effect at the end of this month.

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Aged Care Quality and Safety Commissioner Janet Anderson replaced by Liz Hefren-Webb

On 20 January 2025, Janet Anderson PSM, former Aged Care Quality and Safety Commissioner passed the baton to the new cop on the beat, former deputy secretary of social policy with the Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet, Liz Hefren-Webb.

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Aged Care

Why residential aged care operators’ profits will rise: StewartBrown

In the July to September 2024 quarter, residential aged care providers were preparing their rosters for higher care minute targets, due to take effect on 1 October. However, with Government funding for the higher staff bill not kicking in until the targets took effect, providers’ earnings took a hit, according to StewartBrown’s Aged Care Financial Performance Survey Report for the period.

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