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16 Sep 2021 - Wellbeing company Australian Unity announced today it will require all frontline human services employees to be vaccinated against COVID-19 by the end of the year.
09 Sep 2021 - Australian Unity will provide about $6 million in COVID-19 claims savings to its private health insurance members—on top of about $18 million of support measures already delivered.
07 Sep 2021 - Strong involvement of the local Aboriginal community is needed to protect Elders from COVID-19, according to Indigenous leader Ken Markwell.
09 Aug 2021 - Australian Unity’s podcast What happens when I die? has launched its second season, with host Anna Hacker on a mission to break this conversational taboo and help listeners understand the practicalities of death - be it legal, monetary, or physical elements of post-mortem.
08 Jun 2021 - Australian Unity’s Diversified Property Fund has acquired the Williamtown Aerospace Centre, a high-quality campus-style commercial office park adjacent to Newcastle Airport and the Williamtown Royal Australian Air Force Base, for circa. $55 million.
06 May 2021 - Member-owned wellbeing company Australian Unity announced today the appointment of Kieren Perkins OAM as CEO and EGM of its retail banking business.
05 May 2021 - Australian Unity’s Future of Healthcare Fund has raised over $45 million in seeding and early-stage investment, signalling growing demand from investors wanting to access opportunities in healthcare innovation.
03 May 2021 - Australian Unity and GreenFort Capital have entered into an agreement that will facilitate the development of a $40 million portfolio of Specialist Disability Accommodation (SDA).
09 Mar 2021 - Australian Unity’s Diversified Property Fund has finalised the sale of an industrial property at 278 Orchards Road, Richlands, Queensland for $85 million.
23 Feb 2021 - Australian Unity has teamed up with private wealth management group Ord Minnett (Ords) as part of its newly formed Private Capital division to fund the development of a $125 million, 15-storey premium seniors community at its former head office opposite Albert Park Lake in Melbourne, Victoria.
22 Feb 2021 - Australian Unity Trustees has acquired Canberra-based tax practice Clarkson Williams Partners Pty Ltd (CW Partners) expanding its service offering and customer base in the capital’s growing market.
16 Feb 2021 - The Aged Care Workforce Industry Council (ACWIC) launched the Aged Care Voluntary Industry Code of Practice on Friday 5 February with Minister for Senior Australians and Aged Care Services Richard Colbeck and the Council’s Acting Chair and Australian Unity CEO of Independent and Assisted Living, Kevin McCoy.
21 Dec 2020 - The average increase across all Australian Unity health insurance products will be 1.99 percent, below the industry average increase of 2.74 percent. The change will happen from 1 April 2021 - the date that the annual government-approved premium changes come into effect for the entire sector.
16 Dec 2020 - Australian Unity launched its very first Community Participation for Seniors from Emerging Communities program two years ago.
15 Dec 2020 - Australian Unity’s Specialist Disability Accommodation Fund has announced the settlement of 10 apartments at Moonee Ponds, the acquisition of 10 off-the-plan apartments in Essendon, and the acquisition of 9 off-the-plan apartments at Williams Landing, growing the Fund to ~$43 million.
08 Dec 2020 - Despite reporting elevated levels of stress and anxiety through the COVID19 pandemic, remarkably, Australians have maintained a relatively stable sense of wellbeing.
07 Dec 2020 - Australian Unity’s Diversified Property Fund has acquired an office and warehouse in the Osborne Naval Shipyard in South Australia for $48.25 million.
26 Nov 2020 - Australian Unity has delivered its first building as part of Brisbane’s Herston Quarter precinct,which will be home to the new Surgical, Treatment and Rehabilitation Service (STARS) which has officially achieved commercial acceptance. The milestone confirms the on-time delivery of the project, some three years and six months since works began.
24 Nov 2020 - Australian Unity Bank has reduced its fixed interest rate home loan rates for new customers following the Reserve Bank of Australia’s measures to support job creation and the recovery of the Australian economy from COVID-19.
10 Nov 2020 - Member-owned wellbeing company Australian Unity has notified the Fair Work Ombudsman (FWO) of the findings of a review into the remuneration operations of its human services businesses.