Yesterday
The five charts that show it really was our best Games ever
Australia won 53 medals across 20 different sports. Outgoing IOC vice president John Coates says we can win even more.
- Zoe Samios
July
- Exclusive
- Paris 2024
Labor wants quotas for women on sports boards
Almost 56 per cent of Australians competing in Paris are women – the highest proportion in history. But this is not reflected on the boards of most sports.
- Zoe Samios
Aged care insurance fees jump on threat of fines and jail
Premiums have doubled for some aged care providers and directors, due to potential big fines and jail time for breaching proposed tougher laws.
- John Kehoe
June
Labor, Coalition making progress towards higher aged care fees
The Albanese government hopes for a deal as early as next week on higher aged care fees for those who can pay.
- Phillip Coorey
April
Adelaide LIV goes off with Liveris, Fox and Saudi critic Anika Wells
The federal sports minister once called for a boycott of Saudi Arabia’s sporting endeavours. Now even she’s a guest at the Saudi-funded tournament.
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- Myriam Robin
March
- Opinion
- The AFR View
Review points in the right self-reliant age care direction
Credit to the government for not simply ruling out making better-off Australians with healthy superannuation balances contribute more towards the cost of their care.
- The AFR View
Older Australians to pay more for aged care at home
Aged Care Minister Anika Wells said she wanted to get the balance right between how much taxpayers and the elderly pay to receive care at home.
- Michael Read
The wealthy are in the crosshairs for ever-rising aged care costs
Richer Australians will pay more for aged care under a long-awaited government review released this week. Is this the start of a new trend?
- Tom McIlroy
Include family home in aged care means testing: think tank
Industry providers and the federal opposition are supporting moves to make wealthier retirees pay more for their care.
- Tom McIlroy and Simon Evans
Wealthy Australians set to pay more for aged care
A long-awaited review has called for retirees to make rental contributions instead of large lump sum deposits to live in nursing homes; those receiving care at home are to pay more as well.
- Tom McIlroy
Aged care sector ready for funding shift: industry leader
Uniting executive Tracey Burton says providers need more confidence for investment in services and facilities.
- Tom McIlroy
February
Family home to be spared from aged care funding revamp: PM
The Albanese government has balked at increasing the mean-test threshold on the family home that helps determine aged care fees.
- Phillip Coorey
Delayed review tests bipartisan support for aged care reform
The opposition has accused the government of ‘hiding a secret tax on older Australians’ and sitting on a review until after the Dunkley byelection.
- Phillip Coorey
Labor goes quiet on aged-care review ahead of byelection
The Albanese government will no longer say when it plans to release contentious reform recommendations.
- Phillip Coorey
December 2023
Appetite for user pays in aged care, says government
The government is softening up voters for increased aged care fees, citing polling that claims people are willing to pay up to 40 per cent of the cost.
- Phillip Coorey
November 2023
Government opts for user-pays approach on aged care
Labor has all but confirmed that those with greater means will pay more for their aged care.
- Phillip Coorey
October 2023
Aged care secrecy risks bipartisan approach: opposition
The opposition says the Albanese government is risking political goodwill by refusing to release the interim report by its aged care taskforce.
- Phillip Coorey
September 2023
Government advances plans to use super for aged care
The Albanese government has invited superannuation industry representatives to the next meeting of its aged care taskforce.
- Phillip Coorey
July 2023
Aged care levy would worsen generational inequality: Minister
A new tax or levy to help fund aged care would further enshrine generational inequality, says Aged Care Minister Anika Wells.
- Phillip Coorey
- Exclusive
- Aged care
User pays, means testing more likely than a new aged care tax
A high-level taskforce charged with finding a long-term solution to aged care funding is leaning toward greater means testing and increased reliance on user pays.
- Phillip Coorey
