Ageing Australia CEO Tom Symondson has warned that the sector must look beyond the current system and focus on long-term planning after 1 July.

The Ageing Australia CEO has acknowledged the need for a comprehensive strategy that includes retirement living, home care, and residential aged care as part of an integrated continuum of ageing services.

Appearing for a fireside chat with Daniel Gannon, the Executive Director of the Retirement Living Council (RLC) at the 2025 LEADERS SUMMIT, Tom recognised concerns raised by DCM Group CEO Chris Baynes that the country will be overwhelmed by demand for ageing services – and a comprehensive, five-year strategy is needed, in collaboration with the Government, to reshape the system.

“Aged care is not fixed,” he told the audience. “It was never going t