Minister Rae's media

The Australian Government is now seeking applications from older people with lived experience of the aged care system to join the Aged Care Council of Elders from January 2026.

The Australian Government is investing $30.8 million to attract and support more than 6,000 extra skilled aged care workers in rural and regional Australia.

The Australian Government is continuing its work to deliver generational aged care reforms, today releasing the final draft of the new Aged Care Rules that will guide the sector in these reforms.

Read Minister Rae's interview with Mary Gearin on aged care reform.

The Australian Government is delivering once-in-a-generation reforms to aged care to build a high-quality, respectful and sustainable system that puts older Australians at the centre of their care, now and into the future.

Read the transcript of Minister Butler and Minister Rae's press conference on the Aged Care Act; illicit tobacco.