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Clinical Practice
AMA calls for urgent aged care overhaul
The Australian Medical Association has warned that older Australians in residential aged care homes are missing out on timely, coordinated GP care because of deep structural failings in the system, calling for urgent reform and modernised funding.
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Policy & Reform
NSW acts on growing hospital bed block
Almost 1,300 patients across NSW are stuck in hospital beds despite being medically ready for discharge, with the state government blaming long delays in Commonwealth‑funded aged‑care and NDIS placements for a worsening bed‑block crisis.
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Wages
Minimum wage rise a win for aged care
Australia’s lowest‑paid workers will receive a 4.75% pay rise from July 1, lifting the national minimum wage to $26.44 an hour. The ANMF says the increase is “a step in the right direction” for aged care and other frontline workers…
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Governance
Closing the governance insight gap
The Aged Care Act and Strengthened Quality Standards demand unprecedented accountability from governing bodies. Yet new research shows boards may struggle to access the insights required to ensure safe, high quality care.
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Clinical Practice
Report reveals aged care VAD failures
A new national report has found that most aged‑care providers are failing to support residents’ access to voluntary assisted dying, with 73 per cent offering unclear or no access and two‑thirds providing no public information about the legal end‑of‑life option.
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Opinion
Aged care model needs rethinking: Opinion
Despite major reforms, older Australians are waiting weeks for assessment and more than 200 days for services, while operators warn the sector is becoming less sustainable and increasingly dominated by large corporate providers.
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Policy & Reform
Priority aged care access for MND
Australians living with motor neurone disease will be fast‑tracked into aged‑care services under new rules that give them priority access to the Support at Home program. The government says the change reflects the urgency of the condition and will apply…
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Wages
Aged care provider to repay $11.7m to workers
The Fair Work Ombudsman has ordered Southern Cross Care to repay millions in wages after a self‑audit uncovered years of underpayments affecting thousands of aged care staff across NSW and the ACT, some owed more than $44,000.
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Funding
Budget 2026/27: Major gaps remain in aged care
Aged care providers and advocates have welcomed major Budget investments, including free personal care services and expanded dementia support, while warning that long wait times, workforce shortages and limited home care access continue to put older Australians at risk.
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Industry News
Services Union rallies despite imprisonment threats
Union members will defy warnings of imprisonment when they march on the offices of a major business lobbying group, as the Fair Work Commission mulls sweeping changes that could cost workers hundreds per week.
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Digital Health
Aged care tech needs human‑centred approach
Academics warn that aged‑care technologies risk falling short unless they are designed with older people, families and care workers from the outset, arguing that dignity, autonomy and human connection must remain central to digital care.
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In-home Care
Preventing hospitalisations using a multidisciplinary care model
For too many older people, the supports they need don’t arrive early enough, or in a way that keeps them safe and well at home. Avoidable hospitalisations continue to place enormous pressure on older people, families and the health system.
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