Today, the government ushers in new standards in the aged care sector with the Aged Care Quality Standards and Charter of Aged Care Rights both coming into force. Minister for aged care, Richard Colbeck, said the “major reform package” will ...

Minister for Aged Care and Senior Australians Ken Wyatt has announced a Department of Health higher up will head the new Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission. Janet Anderson will lead its establishment as it prepares to begin operations from ...

The existing regulatory oversight of the aged-care sector has badly failed Australians and a new body alone won’t fix the issue. That’s what Labor’s message to government boiled down to regarding the establishment of a new watchdog for the sector. ...

Legislation for aged care’s “tough cop on the beat” has today been introduced to the lower house. Part of the Government’s response to some widely-reported failures in the delivery of aged care, the Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission is ...