Fee increase for retirees to cover extra $3.8b in aged care wages

Copy link Copied Copy link Copied Subscribe to gift this article Gift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe. Already a subscriber? Login The government will spend another $3.8 billion on aged care sector wages over the next four years, taking the total cost of the pay increase awarded last year to almost $18 billion.

This $3.8 billion will be recouped through the fee increases for part-pensioners and self-funded retirees that were announced last week as part of the funding reforms agreed to by the government and opposition. Copy link Copied Copy link Copied Subscribe to gift this article Gift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe.



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