Interview with the Minister of Aged Care, Hon Ken Wyatt AM, MP

A disability support provider has posted an ad for an in-home carer requesting that “no dark-skinned applicants” need apply. The ad seeks a “mature” carer in the disability sector for a client with autism, and requests that “no dark-skinned (Indian or African) applicants apply for this role”. The blatantly racist request was the wish of... Read More

An Australian Federal Police employee and his brother have pleaded not guilty to manslaughter charges that stemmed from the shocking death of their mother. Shirley Thompson, 73, was admitted to the Blacktown Hospital in western Sydney in a severely malnourished and dehydrated state and then died a week later in the Palliative Care Unit in... Read More

In South Australia’s Adelaide Hills, plans are underway to build a new, state-of-the-art aged care facility that blends the latest in dementia-care research with community-centred design. Clayton Church Homes has unveiled plans for a 60-bed home, Summerhill, to be located on a hilltop site in the town of Uraidla. CHS is a not-for-profit provider aligned... Read More