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‘Embarrassing backdown’: Labor’s last-minute reprieve for 800,000 Australians

The government says more than 800,000 older Australians will keep receiving entry-level home support as it delays a merger into Support at Home.

More than 800,000 older Australians will still get Meals on Wheels and other programs at home after Labor abandoned a plan to merge them into its under-pressure aged care system from next year.

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‘Embarrassing backdown’: Labor’s last-minute reprieve for 800,000 Australians

More than 800,000 older Australians will still get Meals on Wheels and other programs at home after Labor abandoned a plan to merge them into its under-pressure aged care system from next year.

·North Sydney, Australia
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Sydney Morning Herald broke the news in North Sydney, Australia on Thursday, August 20, 2026.
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