The government will be forced to slash spending or hike taxes for Australians if it wants to avoid a widening hole in the nation’s balance sheet over the next 40 years, a new report has revealed. Released by Treasurer Jim ...

Concerns are mounting among industry experts about the government's lack of enforceable rules to ensure the pay rise funds are distributed fairly. The Australian government committed $11.3bn over five years to fund the 15 per cent pay rise and on-costs ...

Aged care experts have cautioned the Australian government's focus on in-home care could lead to fiscal pressures on the budget in the near future. Last Tuesday, Labor announced it would redirect $2.2bn in funding for aged care facilities to pay ...

A lack of proper evaluation of federal government-funded programs may be contributing to the significant issues in aged care, experts have said. Of the annual $64bn government funding towards community services programs, including aged care, $61bn was not adequately checked ...

Australia's aged care providers have asked to address workforce and worsening operating losses in the upcoming federal government's budget. Today, the Aged & Community Care Providers Association (ACCPA) published a 15-page pre-budget paper, naming workforce and sustainable funding as the sector's ...

Australia's peak body for dementia is pushing for compulsory workforce training to boost aged care services for people living with the disease. Over two-thirds of people in residential aged care are estimated to live with a moderate to severe cognitive ...

Rising costs of living are hitting aged care providers hard and recent federal budget has offered little relief, according to the chief of one of New Zealand and Australia's major aged care providers. Cameron Holland from Ryman Healthcare Australia said ...

The new head of Australia's aged care provider peak has revealed the organisation's top priorities for the sector. Tom Symondson, who was elected as chief of the Aged and Community Care Providers Association (ACCPA) last month, said he'll strive to ...

The 2022-23 federal budget, to be announced tomorrow, will outline the government's plans for the coming term and treasurer Jim Chalmers has said aged care is high on the priority list. The government has spent its first $18.8 billion on ...

As the short-staffed aged care sector braces itself for the impending Covid peak, the government has released new measures to guide providers on handling outbreaks in residential homes. The 'winter plan' comes in response to providers' claims that the government ...