The Sydney Morning Herald reports:-
Labor, the Greens and former Australian Competition and Consumer Commission chairman Allan Fels have called on the government to urgently review the retirement village sector following allegations elderly Australians are being ripped off.
In a series of stories, Fairfax Media and ABC's Four Corners uncovered questionable practices by one of the biggest listed operators, Aveo, while it was raking in huge profits.
Opposition Leader Bill Shorten blasted the exploitation of vulnerable people in aged care and flagged a willingness for bipartisan reform following the revelations.
Mr Shorten said on Tuesday he was willing to work with Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull on solving the sector's problems and warned that "large companies who treat vulnerable older Australians in the manner in which we saw last night are not part of the solution".
"A nation that treats its old people in the manner in which we saw on television last night should be ashamed of itself," Mr Shorten said.
Go to the SMH web site for full details.
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