This Month
‘Darling, I’m not going anywhere’: The rise of at-home care
From assistance with everyday tasks to $30,000-a-week clinical care, some Australians are spending whatever it takes to bypass government waitlists and age in place.
Bain flaunts Estia 2.0 as IPO roadshow gets under way
Same business, same CEO, what’s changed in two years that Estia’s gone from being the ASX’s dog, sold for $838 million, to a business estimated to be worth $3 billion odd?
Chalmers’ new tax on pension fund investment giants worries Canada
Canadian Finance Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne said he would propose changes to how foreign investors would be taxed on energy and infrastructure.
February
Why PMs are obsessed with ‘pale pachyderm’ trains
Readers’ letters on the latest high-speed rail proposal, the NDIS, intellectual property in the age of AI, Sydney’s housing crisis, water usage at data centres and accusations of ‘gatekeeping’ at the NSW Bar Association.
To stay in her home, she let in an AI robot
At 85, Jan Worrell lived alone on a remote corner of the Washington coast. Could ElliQ become her companion?
EQT taps banks to prep retirement business Metlifecare for $2b IPO
The Swedish private equity firm is considering its options including a trade sale, but is also exploring listing the company in Australia and New Zealand.
Bain’s Estia Health hires banks for $700m-plus IPO; preps under way
Fund managers will be asked to compare Estia Health with listed peer Regis Healthcare, capitalised at around $2 billion on the ASX.
Robots to replace Olympians in bold plan for athletes’ village
Construction has not yet begun, but businessman Mark Carnegie already has a plan to repurpose Olympic accommodation.
January
Wait time for aged care services blows out to 245 days
Productivity Commission data shows wait times for aged care services rose last financial year, but Labor says there are signs things are improving.
November 2025
Pharmacy services innovator works first-mover advantage
Michael Bonner’s Choice Chemists has captured 42 per cent of the market for onsite pharmacists in aged care and is challenging the traditional dispensary model.
How Australia’s fastest-growing new company started with a phone call on a tractor
Former Young Rich Lister, Mark Woodland’s new business Kismet Healthcare has topped the Fast Starters List with compound annual growth of 4630 per cent.
Lendlease gets on board with Scape’s designs on its retirement assets
The business now known as The Living Company has deep pockets and has been rapidly expanding its portfolio of so-called “living sector” properties.
October 2025
Online network helps deliver independence and choice in aged care
Mable’s technology-driven platform empowers choice for older Australians, making it the Customer Champions winner in the Challenger Business to Consumer category.
States warn hospital services at risk in NDIS funding stoush
Premiers and chief ministers worry that federal government did not intend to honour a 2023 agreement that states and territories would be better off overall.
September 2025
NZ’s biggest aged care provider to debut on ASX next week
Ryman Healthcare has plans to expand its retirement living footprint in Australia to cater for a rapidly ageing population.
Government caves to pressure over home care after Senate showdown
Labor will release 20,000 home care packages after a showdown with opposition MPs and a narrowly avoided political defeat.
Melbourne’s MACG acquires two aged care homes
It said the acquisition was done at a net cost of $200,000 per bed, with the resident liability for Refundable Accommodation Deposits at approximately $80 million.
August 2025
Why this boss negotiated a 25pc pay rise for her staff
Regis Healthcare CEO Linda Mellors says the business is bouncing back after being hammered by the pandemic and a royal commission.
Robots could unleash big gains in the care economy, says PC
In its final report before next week’s roundtable, the Productivity Commission also urged the government to create uniform rules on AI in the care sector.
What the kids expect to inherit (and why they’re in for a rude shock)
Gen Z have great expectations – half hope to inherit half a million dollars or more – but the costs of living longer may be a shock for them and their parents.
