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NSW aged care staffing crisis prompts warning to government

NSW nursing home managers discuss a way forward for their embattled industry, amid fears of a mass exodus of demoralised and exhausted staff.

ABC News

Aged care bodies and unions demand Coalition match Labor’s pledge to fund potential wage rises

Federal opposition says it will pay any increase ordered by Fair Work Commission but Coalition has stopped short of such a guarantee

The Guardian - AU

Labor steps up on aged care. What will it cost — and how quickly can it happen?

Labor has now committed to funding a pay rise for aged care workers, breaking an impasse over a crucial part of the reform of our aged care sector.

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Veterans’ affairs minister threatened to quit over budget; Australia reports 30 Covid deaths – as it happened

Andrew Gee calls backlog of veteran’s compensation payments ‘a national disgrace’; WA teenager among 30 Covid deaths across the country. This blog is now closed

The Guardian - AU

NSW decision to lift Covid restrictions linked to hundreds of aged care deaths

Not-for-profit aged care boss says his warnings were ignored by Dominic Perrottet’s government and cases ‘skyrocketed’ as a result

The Guardian - AU

Aged care COVID cases triple in Newcastle and Hunter region

The sector's peak body says up to 50 per cent of staff have been affected amid a threefold increase in infections in the space of a month.

ABC News

Boosters 'critical' as high aged care COVID-19 death rates tipped to continue into March

Residents in up to 30 aged care homes across Australia remain without their booster shot, amid concerns high death rates of the elderly from Omicron will continue as late as March, a national advocacy group says.

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Unboosted aged care residents dominate Covid deaths as Morrison government misses rollout deadline

Industry groups say state governments eased restrictions too quickly after more than 400 aged care residents died in January

The Guardian - AU

COVID-19 booster rollout in NSW aged care too slow to prevent deaths, peak body says

Australia should have been better prepared for another COVID-19 variant such as Omicron, in order to help stop the high number of deaths in New South Wales nursing homes, a peak national aged care group says.

ABC News

Report reveals 11 COVID-19 deaths at two Brisbane aged care facilities, at least 50 across Queensland

At least 50 Queensland aged care residents with COVID-19 have died during the Omicron wave, including seven in one Brisbane nursing home alone, new data shows.

ABC News

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