More than half of the country’s aged care workers are yet to receive their first $400 cash bonus from the government, almost two months after it was first announced. In early February, Prime Minister Scott Morrison announced eligible workers would be given two ...

Prime Minister Scott Morrison will deploy members of the Australian Defence Force to help assist nursing homes with staff shortages caused by surging Omicron cases. Mr Morrison said up to 10 teams of ADF personnel would give “targeted support” in aged care, ...

Australia’s aged care sector was left unprepared to deal with Omicron as experts warn the government’s planning has been nothing short of “appalling”. Accusing the government of failing to roll out the booster program to residents fast enough, Australian Health ...

Peak unions and providers have called for the Australian Defence Force to assist workers struggling with rampant COVID-19 outbreaks and staff shortages. In a joint statement, the Australian Aged Care Collaboration (AACC) urged the Prime Minister to deploy the ADF ...

Australia has ratified one of the largest trade agreements in history despite concerns that it may deter reform to the aged care system. Federal parliament passed the enabling legislation for the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP), without making aged care ...

Vaccination against COVID-19 will now be mandatory for anyone working in residential aged care, the government has announced. In a late night press conference after a national cabinet meeting, PM Scott Morrison said state and territory leaders agreed that by ...

The final report from the Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety was released today, and after two years it looks like this could only be the halfway point on the way to transforming the sector. Titled Care, Dignity ...

Prime Minister Scott Morrison called the aged care royal commission’s final report “candid” and "ambitious” but the government has so far “made no decisions” on its findings. Commissioners Lynelle Briggs and Tony Pagone have set out a roadmap for government ...