This Month
Private equity closes in on a 50pc stake in $2b-plus Opal HealthCare
Pacific Equity Partners has gained exclusivity over the holding, which was put up for sale in July by its owners including Singapore’s GK Goh Holdings.
- Sarah Thompson, Kanika Sood and Emma Rapaport
October
- Opinion
- Opinion
Four financial tips and traps for people entering aged care
There is a little-known rule that can work in your favour if you find your means-test assessment is dragging on.
- Louise Biti
The five numbers that determine whether you’ll pay more for aged care
Well-off families will pay more under new rules for funding residential aged care. Here are five key numbers you need to know to navigate the additional expense.
- Joanna Mather
- Opinion
- Opinion
Thankfully, living at home until the end looks possible for more Australians
Elderly people will get used to paying for the services they need rather than wondering what they are going to leave the next generation.
- Bina Brown
September
PEP bankers up for aged care giant Opal HealthCare; lobs bid
Pacific Equity Partners’ secure assets team has put in a non-binding indicative offer for the $200 million-a-year business.
- Sarah Thompson, Kanika Sood and Emma Rapaport
Fee increase for retirees to cover extra $3.8b in aged care wages
The government will spend another $3.8 billion on aged care sector wages, taking the total cost of the pay increase to almost $18 billion.
- Phillip Coorey
Bipartisan, pragmatic, down to the wire: the deal that almost wasn’t
Panic set in this week as the government’s much-vaunted aged care reforms stalled. They were finally settled on a plane trip from Sydney to Canberra.
- Phillip Coorey
- Opinion
- The AFR View
A reform to face the test of an ageing Australia
It is encouraging that the two main parties have tackled such a fundamental challenge to the nation in a bipartisan way.
- The AFR View
Aged care concessions cost $5b in revenue
The Albanese government sacrificed about $5 billion in budget savings in return for securing the Coalition’s support for the aged care reforms.
- Phillip Coorey
- Opinion
- Australian economy
It’s deja vu all over again when it comes to aged care and RBA reforms
This week’s agreement on aged care and the failure to agree on the RBA reprises arguments that took place decades ago.
- Laura Tingle
- Opinion
- Peter Dutton
Finally, politicians reach a reform deal worthy of the title
Bipartisanship and reform, two rarities these days, have combined in the shape of the age care funding changes.
- Phillip Coorey
- Explainer
- Aged care royal commission
All your questions about the aged care overhaul answered
The first thing to know is that how aged care is funded remains very complex. We’ll do our best to break it down.
- Andrew Tillett
Aged care overhaul to push more cost onto self-funded retirees
A “user pays” overhaul of aged care funding will come into effect from July 1 next year, after agreement between the government and opposition.
- Phillip Coorey
‘Best friend’ Dutton promises miners he’ll target IR, green tape
Peter Dutton will promise to be the best friend that the mining and resources sector in Australia will ever have.
- Phillip Coorey
Labor questions Dutton’s goodwill as aged care impasse drags on
Frustrations within the federal government are starting to boil over after the Coalition again delayed finalising the agreement on reforms.
- Phillip Coorey
- Opinion
- Opinion
Aged care deal a small step to fairer system for young workers
Expecting taxpayers to foot the bill for spiralling aged care costs, just to avoid politically difficult conversations about independent retirement, only exacerbates generational inequality.
- Emilie Dye
August
Aged care deal delayed amid backbench anxiety
Peter Dutton wants the approval of his MPs before confirming support for the aged care deal negotiated with the government.
- Phillip Coorey
The Australians who may soon pay more for aged care
Labor and the Coalition are drawing closer to an agreement on changes to aged care funding. This is what it would mean.
- Lucy Dean
- Exclusive
- Anne Ruston
Aged care wait list exemption granted as parties close in on deal
The major parties have agreed in-principle to a new aged care funding model.
- Phillip Coorey
- Exclusive
- Anthony Albanese
Government lowers contribution caps to secure aged care deal
The Albanese government is set to lower its proposed lifetime caps in an effort seal a deal with the Coalition to secure more sustainable funding for the aged care sector.
- Phillip Coorey