oh .. I see it relates to this : "Aged-care providers caught on ‘asset’ fee after court ruling"
Tens of millions of dollars that large aged-care providers collected illegally from residents under the guise of an “asset refurbishment” fee will be repaid or forcibly refunded after a Federal Court decision barred the practice.
Two of the biggest listed providers — Regis Aged Care, which charged residents $15,000 each when they died or left care, and Japara — levied the charge even after the Department of Health warned in September 2016 that the practice was not supported by legislation.
The two listed companies have a combined market capitalisation of almost $2 billion.
Estia Health, which is also listed, stopped charging the fee after the Health Department intervention.
The full list of providers who built the fee into their contracts with residents may be much longer, because many did not disclose the charge on a federal government portal.
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