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Record Budget spend for older Australians

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 2 APR 2019
... older Australians who want to stay at home longer rather than going into aged care, through a planned additional 10,000 home care packages. The Government has already announced 30,000 new home care packages over the last 18 months. The Morrison Government ...

MYEFO: Regulatory funding increases, Budget surplus doubles

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 17 DEC 2018
... aged care is expected to reach a record $23.5 billion in 2021-22. This includes bringing forward the release of 10,000 home care packages to connect more older Australians with high-level support. The Government is also establishing a new National Elder ...

Janus Henderson names sole chief executive

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 AUG 2018
... executive of the firm. As a result, Formica has resigned as co-chief executive and board director effective immediately, taking home a $16 million severance package. Formica and Weil have served as co-chief executives since the merger of Janus Capital ...

Advisers must tread carefully on PLS

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 14 JUN 2018
... needs using equity in their home - especially clients wanting to top-up home care, those that are waiting for a home care package to be allocated, or couples needing to increase cashflow when one person moves into residential care," Biti said.

Mental health to transform life insurance: ANZ Wealth

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 11 MAY 2018
... tailored and complementary support program. They will also be offered the support of a Caseworks registered nurse to visit their home and guide them through their claim application process. In its life insurance whitepaper released last year, ANZ said ...

Labor responds to 'unfair' Budget

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAY 2018
... funding cut from residential aged care will pay for it. "There are still 100,000 people on Turnbull's waiting list for in-home care. It's a particularly cruel hoax after promising older Australians they would address the crisis." In response to simplifying ...

Technical Services Forum tackles super challenges

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 15 SEP 2017
... led by Challenger technical services manager Sean Howard. He addressed the Government's push to increase the level of home care - as opposed to residential care - in the aged care landscape, but questioned whether existing home care packages were sufficient ...

Budget delivers blow to aged care

KERRIE SYDEE  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAY 2016
... aged care reform and support the rollout of the Coalition's recent law change ensuring an older Australian's home care package follows them if they change location - putting consumers, not the aged care provider, in charge of their later years."

Reforms aimed at supporting women

KERRIE SYDEE  |  TUESDAY, 3 MAY 2016
... in 2017, is critical in ensuring lower paid workers don't end up paying more tax on their super than they do on their take home pay. "This is a sensible step in the right direction for which Industry superfunds have strenuously advocated. However, with ...

Budget speech 2014 -15

... come, from September 2017, increases in pensions will be linked twice a year to inflation. Currently, an individual with a home and almost $800,000 in assets still qualifies for the age pension; a couple with a home and almost $1.1 million in assets ...