Aged Care Award Wages - Historical Leave Liabilities Increases - 1 August 2026
Tender ID: 623550
Tender Details
Tender Description
Overview
The Department of Health, Disability and Ageing is providing one-off grant funding to eligible registered aged care providers to pay eligible registered and enrolled nurses working in aged care to take their leave entitlements at the increased wage rates effective from 1 August 2026, resulting from the Fair Work Commission (FWC) decision under the Aged Care Work Value Case (ACWVC).
Purpose
This grant opportunity recognises that accumulated leave liabilities for eligible registered and enrolled nurses working in aged care will have increased as a result of the FWC ACWVC decision that applied from 1 August 2026, and that the associated cost to registered providers of aged care when these nurses take this leave will have increased.
Funding
- $12.033 million in 2026-27 in one-off funding
- Funding is provided to eligible registered providers to pay eligible registered and enrolled nurses working in aged care to take their leave entitlements at the increased wage rates effective from 1 August 2026
Scope
This grant opportunity will only cover:
- 1 August 2026 wage increases for eligible registered and enrolled nurses working in aged care
Eligibility
Eligible registered providers include those that provide one or more of the following Commonwealth funded aged care programs:
- Residential Aged Care
- Support at Home Program
- Commonwealth Home Support Program (CHSP)
- Transition Care Program
- National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Flexible Aged Care Program (NATSIFACP)
Location
New South Wales : Central West : Far North Coast : Far West : Hunter : Illawarra : Mid North Coast : Murray : New England : Orana : Riverina : Southern Highlands : Sydney
Queensland : Cairns & Far North Queensland : Gladstone : Mackay Whitsunday Region : Mount Isa & North West Region : Rockhampton : South East Queensland : South West & Darling Downs : The Central West : Townsville : Wide Bay Burnett
Victoria : Barwon South West : Gippsland : Grampians : Hume : Loddon Mallee : Melbourne
South Australia : Adelaide : Eyre & Western : Far North : Fleurieu & Kangaroo Island : Limestone Coast : Murray & Mallee : York & Mid North
Northern Territory : Barkly : Big Rivers : Central Australia : East Arnhem : Greater Darwin : Top End
Australian Capital Territory
Tasmania
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