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22 November 2024 - Everyone with an interest in aged care was invited to join this webinar to learn more about the Aged Care Bill 2024, the Government’s response to the Aged Care Taskforce final report, and the Support at Home program.

12 March 2025 - We use health technology assessment processes to decide if approved services or products and devices should be included in our subsidy programs.

9 March 2026 - Pricing risk assessments will help us understand common errors in financial reporting in residential aged care to improve the accuracy of pricing and policy decisions.

2 June 2025 - Free vaccinations are available for children aged 0 to 4 years to protect them against serious diseases.

6 June 2025 - This webinar provided an overview of upcoming financial reporting requirements, including discussion of care time reporting assessments and the outbreak management expenses. This included key insights about sector-wide financial performance from recent departmental publications.

9 July 2025 - This webinar provided information to older people, their families and carers, and the aged care sector on the proposed foundations of the new Aged Care Act. Consultation on these proposed elements ran from August to September 2023.

10 June 2025 - This webinar provided updates about the Places to People reform, residential fees means testing and accommodation reforms and our Digital Transformation Impact Assessment and Digital Maturity Research.

31 October 2025 - Older people receiving Support at Home or residential care can apply for financial hardship assistance. If approved, we will pay a supplement for some or all of their aged care contributions, fees and charges. This supplement is paid to a provider on the person’s behalf.

6 June 2025 - This webinar supports aged care providers with their regulatory reporting requirements. It highlighted some key changes to upcoming Quarterly Financial Report and the Aged Care Financial Report 2023–24 data collections.

27 October 2025 - The Act includes certain specialist aged care programs, which may be funded either by grants or by special subsidies.