Secretary of the Department of Health Brendan Murphy believes the aged care system needs a “fundamental reset”. Murphy, who was Australia’s chief health officer when COVID-19 hit Australia, was responding to a question posed to him at the Royal Commission ...

Nearly $20 billion of government money goes into the provision of aged care each year, but where does it all go? and how is it spent? It seems like we forgot to ask because, as the royal commission is now ...

Former Prime Minister Paul Keating has told the aged care royal commission it should consider recommending a HECS-style loan for older Australians to pay for their care. At today’s hearing, Keating said the approach was superior to a pre-funding model, ...

Aged care providers aren’t properly revealing how they spend billions of dollars of federal government funding and a major overhaul of the sector is needed, the aged care royal commission has heard. A seven-day hearing is examining the sector’s financial ...

There is insufficient transparency about the use of funds in aged care, says a report on providers’ financial information. It found large differences in the way in which individual aged care providers structure their operations and the costs they incur ...

Scott Morrison appeared to shirk responsibly for the poor handling of aged care during the pandemic in an interview with ABC recently. “Daniel Andrews, the Victorian Premier, says the buck stops with him when it comes to the hotel quarantine ...

Improving oral and mental health will save the government and taxpayers millions of dollars and importantly drastically improve the lives of people in the aged care system, the aged care royal commission has been told. The commission resumed after a ...

Prime Minister Scott Morrison has granted the aged care royal commission’s request for an extension. Originally meant to wrap up November, the Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety will now deliver its final report by 26 February, 2021. ...