Funding

Billions of dollars unspent in home care, experts talk reform

Billions of dollars in unspent funds and workforce constraints are the largest gaps plaguing the government's new home care system,…

Demand for grief counselling surged during the pandemic and bereavement services expect the impacts are not yet over

When Angie Wraight’s husband of 38 years died in her arms during the pandemic last year, she felt lost. A…

First of the 5 pillars: the government’s plans to improve the provision of aged care

Now that the Royal Commission has finished and the worst of the pandemic and vaccination problems seem to be over,…

Aussies willing to pay more tax to fund quality aged care

New research has found that 61 per cent of Australians would be willing to pay higher taxes to fund better…

We need productivity gains in aged care… but what if the biggest gains make the least profit?

The Intergenerational Report 2021 called for productivity gains in all sectors as the most significant way of securing the economic…

NSW inquiry calls for staff ratios to ease ‘burden’ on the sector

In early June the NSW Legislative Committee published its final inquiry into the issue of chronic understaffing in aged care…

Budget 2021: what they said

The most significant budget for a generation was handed down this week. After years of debate about how we should…

Budget expected to hand aged care 10bn funding boost

The federal budget, which will be handed down on Tuesday, is expected to include a 10 billion package for aged…

Morrison pledges $537 million for aged care

The federal government will spend more than half a billion dollars on aged care. Following the release of the aged…

New home care funds welcome but queue problem will persist: peak

Aged care minister Richard Colbeck has announced a bump in funding for entry-level home support, but aged care providers says…

Public Hospital Report Card evidence of funding shortfalls: AMA

The AMA Public Hospital Report released today is evidence that all state governments need to re-negotiate the COAG 2020–25 hospital…

End of life research given funding boost

Australia is set to become a leader in palliative care research, thanks to a $60 million grand for end-of-life care…

Aged care tops the urgent list

Leading nursing experts want to make aged care the profession’s top priority for the year ahead.  Nursing organisations and professionals…

Abbott pledges $200 million to fight dementia

The Coalition pledges to help make Australia a world leader in Alzheimer’s fight. The Coalition will provide $200 million over…

Coalition’s $10 million cancer care commitment

Shadow Minister for Health, Peter Dutton, has announced a Coalition government will provide $10 million towards the ‘Peter’s Project’ campaign…

Plibersek contradicts VIC health minister on funding

Minister for Health Tanya Plibersek has just announced that funding for Victorian hospitals will be increased in the next year.…

Health and disability scheme get budget support

The government has chosen to take the “responsible course” to delay the return to surplus in order to “support jobs…

Funding debate: Who pays for nursing

The ceaseless topic of who should pay for nursing continues to be argued in the halls of power. By Louis…