Insights
Aged care insights & analysis
Data-backed reads on care minutes, workforce and payroll compliance — drawn from the government's own numbers, and tied to what actually moves your funding and your risk.
The Care Minutes Movers 2026
Who improved most on care minutes — and what the Jan–Mar 2026 government data reveals about the penalty era and over-delivery.
Read → Payroll · May 2026The $1bn underpayment lesson
What Woolworths and Coles learned the hard way, the Fair Work crackdown on aged care, and why wage theft is now a criminal offence.
Read → Workforce · April 2026Who fills the shift — and does it count?
The structural nursing shortage, the rise of agency and shift marketplaces, and why a filled shift only helps if it counts toward your care minutes.
Read → Payroll · March 2026One system isn’t enough. One record is.
The Woolworths/Coles ruling wasn’t about calculation — it was about proof. Can you show the chain from roster to hours to entitlement to pay?
Read → Predictions · February 2026Five compliance shifts landed in 2025
Criminal wage theft, Right to Disconnect, ASAE 3000, AN-ACC care minutes and contractor misclassification — and what 2026 looks like.
Read → Compliance · January 2026What is workforce governance?
The regulator’s definition under Quality Standard 8(3)(c)(iv), what assessors actually look for, and why it matters now.
Read →Start with your own numbers
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