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Mind the Gaps

Published 27 February 2018

The National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) is one of the biggest social reforms in recent decades. But as the roll out of this landmark reform nears completion, gaps are emerging.

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The Public Dental Debacle

Published 27 February 2018

It is no secret that dental care is one of the greatest areas of health inequality within Australia. Public dental care is woefully underfunded and private dental is unaffordable for most people living on low fixed incomes.

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Hospital Privatisations: Dead and Buried

Published 27 February 2018

Cast your mind back to September 2016, when the NSW Minister for Health announced plans to privatise five major hospitals, including Wyong, Goulbourn, Shellharbour, Bowral and Maitland. Since then, following community backlash, the NSW Government has decided to back down on its project to sell off regional hospitals. [more]

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NSW Health Care Too Costly for Some

Published 26 February 2018

In a recent survey comparing health care for older patients in eleven countries around the world, NSW has been ranked worst for affordability.

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The Mobility Scooter Inquiry

Published 25 February 2018

The Federal inquiry into 'The need for regulation of mobility scooters, also known as motorised wheelchairs' is accepting submissions until 13 March 2018.

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My Health Record Expansion

Published 25 February 2018

The Australian Government is expanding the My Health Record system. Over the next two years $374.2 million will be invested to expand the system.

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The Energy Supplement Remains Under Fire

Published 24 February 2018

The end of the Energy Supplement for many seems to be near, with the Social Services Legislation Amendment (Ending Carbon Tax Compensation) Bill 2017 being considered again in the Senate.

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Self-Managed Super Continues to Perform

Published 23 February 2018

The Australian Tax Office (ATO) has released its latest statistics on the self-managed super fund (SMSF) sector.

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Financial Advisers

Published 22 February 2018

Some conflicts of interest which financial planners had have been addressed in regulation, but one remains.

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Employer Super Fraud Curbed

Published 22 February 2018

Under proposed new laws, employers who fail to follow the Tax Office's direction to pay super entitlements to their employees will be subject to court-ordered financial penalties as well as up to 12 months' imprisonment.

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Ditch Fake Nursing Home Audits: Save Our Frail Elderly!

Published 21 February 2018

"CPSA calls for a bi-partisan approach on aged care quality. Our politicians must do three things and do them now:

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Nursing Home Accreditation Broken: Pensioners

Published 15 February 2018

"CPSA welcomes the interim report regarding Effectiveness of the Aged Care Quality Assessment and accreditation framework by the Senate Committee on Community Affairs. As the report demonstrates, incidents like Oakden can occur for years right under the nose of regulators. [more]

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Downsizing House, Upsizing Super

Published 30 January 2018

From 1 July 2018, if you are 65 or over, and you are downsizing, the Government has created a new tax break for you.

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The One Aged Care Inquiry That’s Missing

Published 29 January 2018

There have been no less than six inquiries into aged care recently and an additional one hasn't yet finished. But to hold an inquiry is one thing, responding to it is quite another.

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Victorian Voluntary Euthanasia Bill is Passed

Published 28 January 2018

Late November 2017, Victoria became the first and only state in the country with a euthanasia scheme.

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Nursing Home Closure

Published 28 January 2018

The Ritz Nursing Home in Leura, a locked facility for 148 high-care residents, is one of the very few nursing homes ever to be closed by the Australian Government.

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From Welfare to Bad

Published 26 January 2018

What's in store for pensioners if the Social Services Legislation Amendment (Welfare Reform) Bill 2017 passes the Senate?

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Fire Levy Revisited

Published 25 January 2018

Tax experts agree that taxing land is a great way of raising tax, because land can't go anywhere. You can't put a block of land in a numbered Swiss bank account.

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Beating Term Deposits to the End

Published 23 January 2018

The Global Financial Crisis, which started in October 2007, was the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression of the 1930s.

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Centrelink Scam

Published 23 January 2018

Centrelink is warning about a 'subsidy benefit' scam email, which has been sent to people. The email looks as though it originates from Centrelink. It doesn't.

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