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Home care sector boards encouraged not to leave strategic thinking and discussions about mergers and other responses to the reform agenda until a crisis forces them too.

Date Time Refuges to provide shelter in Blacktown City during heatwaves Vulnerable residents will be able to seek shelter during heatwaves through a network of ‘heat refuges’ in an Australian-first trial in Blacktown City. Blacktown City Council has approved the trial of ‘heat refuges’ – a network of Council and community-run air-conditioned venues where residents can go and be provided for during a significant heatwave event. Residents vulnerable to extreme heat include the elderly, ...