The cleaning bill needed to remove the aged care “stain on Australians’ conscience” should total $10 billion a year, a leading think tank says. The Grattan Institute said the extra spending could be funded by some mix of a new ...

A $1.2 billion workforce compact between government, providers and unions hopes to turn around the poor wages and working conditions in Australian aged care. By Darragh O Keeffe and Natasha Egan. The federal government’s aged care reforms are a victory ...

Aged care funding must close the nurse wage gap, says union. Last week’s federal budget failed to include a number of key workforce issues which would help deliver quality care for older Australians, says the ANF Yvonne Chaperon, ANF assistant ...