Role
On 12 September 2024, the Australian Government released its response to the recommendations of the Aged Care Taskforce (Taskforce). As part of that response, the government committed to an independent review of accommodation pricing in residential aged care, including:
- consideration of the current rates of the accommodation supplement
- incentives for providers to develop and maintain good quality accommodation
- incentives to accept low means participants
- pricing arrangements for residents that pay some or all of their accommodation costs, including the suitability of current arrangements to convert between lump sum and daily payments.
The final report will be tabled in Parliament no later than 1 July 2026.
Members
Mr Nigel Ray PSM and Associate Professor Nicole Sutton have been appointed as independent reviewers.
Terms of reference
Read the terms of reference.
Consultations
A consultation is now open.
Interested parties may make a submission with responses against all or some of the proposed consultation questions in the consultation paper, or any other matters they consider relevant for the terms of reference.
Please email your response to the consultation paper to accompricingreview@health.gov.au by 5pm AEDT 31 October 2025.
Submissions are intended to be published. Please advise if you do not want your submission published. A declaration of interests should be enclosed.
