Most Australians will rely on the care system at some point, yet royal commissions and child care scandals keep exposing poor and even harmful care. Experts argue the problem runs deeper than bad operators. It’s the market model governments built, which treats care as a commodity rather than a public good.
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An outdated Centrelink rule from 1991 is leaving many retirement village residents asset-rich on paper but struggling to make ends meet. Dee Bock is fighting to make Canberra listen.
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The sudden, celebrated drop in the waitlist after the "once in a generation" reforms took effect wasn't the result of people getting care faster. It was largely the result of a change to what counts as "waiting" at all.
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