3+ day, 17+ hour ago   (494+ words) The Older Persons Advocacy Network (OPAN) has warned people in its database not to respond to an unusual email asking for Bitcoin donations after an unauthorised message was sent from its mailing system. The email, titled “The National Advocate – Special…...

1+ week, 16+ hour ago   (650+ words) One Nation leader Pauline Hanson has put forward a new policy that would let working Australians trade a slice of their future superannuation contributions for extra cash in their weekly pay packet. The proposal is aimed squarely at easing cost-of-living…...

2+ week, 16+ hour ago   (884+ words) After legislating controversial reforms to the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) last week, the government’s plan to cut 160,000 NDIS participants and save A$37.8 billion over four years is underway. The legislation tightens access to the NDIS by: But we still…...

2+ week, 16+ hour ago   (695+ words) Aged care, home care and disability workers who use their own vehicles for work will receive a temporary increase to their vehicle allowance from 1 September, following a decision by the Fair Work Commission. The allowance will rise from $1.01 to $1.05 per…...

3+ week, 7+ hour ago   (426+ words) That funding algorithm is built from just two numbers, each produced by a separate scale: Those two scores are combined into 16 “classes”, which are then compressed into the eight funding levels people actually see on their letter. Professor Eagar’s blunt…...

3+ week, 14+ hour ago   (931+ words) A Queensland community is preparing to decide whether to hand control of its only residential aged care home to a national operator, with locals questioning whether an institution built through generations of community effort should remain locally owned. The proposed…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (799+ words) From October, Australian children aged eight and under with developmental delay and autism will start accessing a new support system: Thriving Kids. The program is still in development and is expected to be fully rolled out by January 2028. By then,…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (360+ words) The Albanese Government has confirmed the Commonwealth Home Support Program (CHSP) will be retained as a standalone program until at least 30 June 2029, ending nearly a year of uncertainty for the 830,000 older Australians who rely on it and the roughly 1,300 organisations…...

3+ week, 6+ day ago   (477+ words) Two months ago, in an interview for an entirely different story, Flexi Care general manager Adrian Morgan raised an issue that I had yet to stumble across. Providers across the sector, he said, were watching the Department of Health, Disability…...