aged care

Bupa accused of aged care breaches in new class action
In the wake of damning evidence at a royal commission, a plaintiff law firm has filed a class action against Bupa for...
15 April 2025
By Naomi Neilson
Age pension inequality case key to progress on Closing the Gap
The federal government has faced court for the first time over its failure to close the gap in life expectancy between...
07 March 2023
By Jess Feyder
Legal immunity for aged care providers will ‘strip residents of their rights’
The Australian Lawyers Alliance (ALA) has called for the removal of a clause in the newly passed aged care bill that...
03 August 2022
By Jess Feyder
Inquest begins into 19 aged-care deaths during 2020 COVID outbreak
This week marks the beginning of the inquest into deaths of 19 aged-care residents at Anglicare’s Newmarch House...
26 July 2022
By Jess Feyder
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Bolton Clarke acquires Allity Aged Care
Independent firm Corrs Chambers Westgarth has advised Australia’s largest independent not-for-profit aged care...
17 March 2022
By Naomi Neilson
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Calvary Health absorbs aged care operator
G+T has advised not-for-profit Calvary Health on its acquisition of one of Australia’s largest aged care operators,...
17 November 2021
By Lauren Croft
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Apollo Care acquires 3 residential aged care facilities
Russell Kennedy Lawyers has advised Apollo Care Alliance on the group’s acquisition of three residential aged care...
26 July 2021
By Emma Musgrave
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Australian Unity purchases aged care and retirement provider
Insurance company Australian Unity has acquired resi-communities portfolio, Greengate
31 May 2021
By Jerome Doraisamy
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Elderly are forgotten by the law
Real change will come when institutions that profit from caring for our vulnerable elderly are forced to account,...
17 March 2021
By Lisa Flynn