News & Headlines

Meet the sector’s innovators in the final issue of SATURDAY magazine for 2024

Dec 03 2024 Updated December 4, 2024

Lauren Broomham

1 min read

Every day, leaders across the retirement living, land lease and aged care sectors are on the frontline, driving new approaches and solving the challenges facing the sector – so what are the names you need to know?

In the final issue of SATURDAY for 2024, we present Part 1 of our Innovators special – and reveal who you need to watch out for in 2025.

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Eureka Group to sell $25M-$30M of its over 55s rental communities

The first sale by the nation’s only pure-play provider of rental communities will be its village in Mount Gambier, the second most populated city in South Australia, 450km from the state capital Adelaide, for $5 million, slightly below the 30 June...

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Ian Horswill

06 Jan 2025

Government Policy

Great news for retirement village operators planning developments in NSW

The criteria for the NSW Government’s Housing Delivery Authority includes seniors housing specifically as a priority on its delivery. The Housing Delivery Authority (HDA) will lead a new streamlined State Significant Development (SSD) pathway and...

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Ian Horswill

06 Jan 2025

Legal Issues

Residents of Retirement Villages Victoria “bitterly disappointed” with new law being passed

With the Retirement Villages Amendment Bill making its way through the Victorian Parliament, Residents of Retirement Villages Victoria President Helen Betros, pictured at the DCM Instutute’s VILLAGE SUMMIT in November last year, has spoken about the...

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Construction of new aged care home at RFBI Cessnock Masonic Village to start soon

The Not For Profit owner and operator of residential aged care homes, retirement villages and home care in NSW and the ACT has appointed Planix Projects and Hines Constructions to build a modern home for residents in the Hunter Valley city, 154km...

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Ian Horswill

06 Jan 2025

2024 Year in Review: Community Living

The Weekly SOURCE looks back at the past 12 months in the community living sector. With its momentum hampered by high interest rates, the retirement living sector in October came under attack from the ABC, aided and abetted by Centre Alliance...

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Ian Horswill

16 Dec 2024

Sector Moves/People

Sector Moves & People

Janet Anderson out, new Aged Care Quality and Safety Commissioner in

The inaugural Commissioner of the Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission, Janet Anderson PSM, will depart the role next month after six years in favour of a new face.

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Lauren Broomham

13 Dec 2024

Sector Moves/People

Sector Moves & People

Which aged care provider has been awarded a $136M contract to conduct assessments under new Single Assessment System?

The Department of Health and Aged Care has released details of contracts worth nearly $1.5 billion awarded to operators to conduct aged care assessments under the new Single Assessment System. The largest contract, worth more than $226 million, was...

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Caroline Egan

12 Dec 2024

Sector Moves/People

Sector Moves & People

Two key Dept architects of the aged care reforms are moving to new jobs

Michael Lye, the Deputy Secretary, Ageing and Aged Care, and Nick Morgan, Assistant Secretary, Support at Home Reform, with the Department of Health and Aged Care (DoHAC) have new jobs in the public sector that will shift them away from aged care, only months before significant reforms are scheduled to be implemented.

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Caroline Egan

11 Dec 2024