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The Weekly Source | Tony Randello

May 10 2022 Updated May 3, 2023

Section Editor

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Aveo CEO Tony Randello talks to DCM Group Editor Lauren Broomham about their CAPEX program and how the retirement village operator is upgrading and refurbishing its portfolio for the future.

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

Catholic Healthcare celebrates construction milestone for new aged care home on NSW Central Coast

Growthbuilt, the Not For Profit’s construction partner, hosted a Topping Out ceremony with representatives from both organisations gathering to witness a significant milestone in the construction of a new 102-bed residential aged care home at...

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

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Uniting AgeWell opens two new aged care wings in Hobart

The Not For Profit has invested $5.4 million in two newly opened residential aged care wings in Tasmania.

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Minister for Health and Aged Care opens 100-bed Eldercare Goodwood in Adelaide

Eldercare Goodwood, the $40 million facility dubbed Adelaide’s most luxurious aged care home, was officially opened on Friday by the Minister for Health and Aged Care Mark Butler.

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Caroline Egan

20 Feb 2025