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The first contingent from PNG has arrived to work in aged care homes in southern Queensland under the Pacific Australia Labour Mobility scheme, which is aimed at fixing the sector's chronic worker shortage.
Sector stakeholders have largely welcomed the federal budget, which directs $36 billion into the aged care sector.
Western Downs Regional Council has signed off on a major contract to transfer its aged and community care services to accredited not-for-profit