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The new Aged Care Act and Support at Home program will now start on 1 November 2025.

We are conducting a short survey on personal care worker qualifications and training experiences to better support workers with the important role they perform, and enhance professional development opportunities and conditions.

The Australian Government has announced that the start date of the new Aged Care Act 2024 will be briefly deferred.

This article summarises public feedback from late 2024 on funding arrangements for the new Support at Home program under the new Aged Care Act.

This article summarises public feedback from October 2024 on the Aged Care Service List under the new Aged Care Act.

This article promotes training and resources available for providers, workers, older people, their families and carers in preparation for the new Aged Care Act.

We updated the definition for Personal Care Workers (PCW) and Assistance in Nursing (AIN) for the purposes of the care minutes responsibility on 1 January 2025.

We are hosting a webinar to support in-home aged care providers and their workforce to understand upcoming changes to in-home aged care.

A survey is now open for organisations and workers in the aged care sector to share with us what the 15% pay rise for aged care workers has meant for them.

The Ngayubah Gadan Consensus Statement is a unified call from rural and remote health stakeholders to support, fund and enable Rural and Remote Multidisciplinary Health Teams to deliver high quality care to the communities they serve. 

The Australian Government is making rapid antigen testing (RAT) kits available to the services and providers in high-risk Local Government Areas (LGAs) of concern across Sydney and Western NSW.

A dedicated aged care vaccine hub is now open in Adelaide for residential aged care workers. Make an appointment today.

Dedicated aged care vaccine hubs are now open in Perth for residential aged care workers. Make an appointment today.

Dedicated aged care vaccine hubs are now open in Victoria for residential aged care workers. Make an appointment today.

Dedicated aged care vaccine hubs are now open in Queensland for residential aged care workers. Make an appointment today.

Dedicated aged care vaccine hubs are now open in NSW for residential, and community and in-home aged care workers. Make an appointment today.