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Aged Care 360 special investigation
News Corp Australia’s Aged Care 360 investigation hosted by Sky News presenter Peter Stefanovic and National Health Correspondent Sue Dunlevy.
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Aged Care 360 panel member Jason Ward says the current system is “broken”
Jason Ward from the Centre of Corporate Tax and Accountability Research says the aged care system is broken and in need of an urgent fix.
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Queensland aged care Rich Listers’ cash splash as sector cries poor
The O’Shea family has had no trouble dishing out big bucks despite the aged care sector crying poor during COVID-19. They are not the only industry bigwigs living the high life.
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Aged Care 360: News Corp launches campaign to sort out aged care mess
The $44 billion aged care industry is facing calls for its finances to be probed amid claims it is going broke, as News Corp launches a campaign to dissect the failings exposed by COVID-19.
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Australia’s Aged Care Facilities Have Failed Amid the Pandemic
COVID-19 has simply created an environment in which the mistreatment of elderly Australians has reached an all-time-low. In Victoria, the Australian state hardest hit by the pandemic so far, one in four aged care facilities in the state’s capital, Melbourne, are currently dealing with an outbreak of the virus.
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Non-profit aged care operators under no obligation to publicly account for how they spend taxes
Queensland’s largest aged care provider receives more than $460 million in annual federal aged care funding, yet has no obligation to publicly account for how it uses the money or even if it’s spent on caring for the elderly, a new report says.
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Nurses “extremely disgusted”: TriCare staff fight back
Nurses and care workers at a Queensland aged care home at the centre of an elder abuse scandal blew the whistle on serious problems at the facility – including allegations of serious mistreatment of residents – over six weeks ago but were completely ignored by management.
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Unions taking the fight to the aged care Not For Profits as well
Last week it was Lamborghini-owning aged care operators in the media, thanks to union attention. This week it is ‘profitable’ Not For Profits.
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Royal Commission says aged care sector not prepared to deal with COVID pandemic
Today the royal commission into aged care delivered a scathing assessment of the sector, claiming it is still not prepared to deal with the pandemic.
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Non-profit aged care homes are making big money, but crying poor: report
While smaller nursing homes – still the bulk of the industry in Australia – are genuinely struggling according to analysis from the Centre for International Corporate Tax Accountability and Research, the financial reports of the largest church and charity-run nursing home businesses show they are “generating substantial incomes”.
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