About this event

Weeks after the Federal Budget lands, the aged care sector will be asking the question it always asks after Budget season: did the funding match what the sector actually needed?

The National Aged Care Roundtable brings providers, policymakers, financial analysts and peak bodies to the National Press Club, Canberra, to test the Budget against what the sector actually needed — and to take stock of where reform genuinely stands. One year on from the new Aged Care Act, with the accommodation supplement tier system now in effect and the Commonwealth Home Support Programme transition approaching, this is the moment to separate what’s been delivered from what’s still owed.

This Roundtable follows directly from the Aged Care Sustainability Breakfast held in Perth in November 2026, where the sector set out its case ahead of the Budget. This is where we return to test it against the outcome.

Can’t make it to Canberra? The Roundtable will be broadcast via a national livestream, so sector leaders across every state and territory can watch all three panels live, wherever they’re based.