The Quality Standards Resource Centre helps extend understanding of the strengthened Aged Care Quality Standards, which take effect from 1 November 2025. The Resource Centre will be updated to reflect key changes made to the draft strengthened Standards. You can search for resources by using keywords, or filtering by standard, outcome, audience and theme. Before using the Resource Centre, please read the terms of use.
Aged care legislation
This resource is the Federal Register of Legislation, an authorised platform for accessing Commonwealth legislation and related documents. It provides the full text of laws, amendments, and instruments, along with the lifecycle of each. It allows users to search, browse, and receive updates on legal developments, ensuring aged care providers stay compliant with legislative requirements.
Regulatory Strategy 2024–25
Our Regulatory Strategy sets out how the Commission will deliver on our goals and commitments. This resource may refer to information that will be updated from 1 November 2025 to align with the new Aged Care Act and Quality Standards.
Provider Governance Policy
Under the new Act, registered providers will need to meet certain governance obligations.
Our Provider Governance Policy outlines our expectations of providers and guiding principles of good governance. It includes:
- definitions and principles of good governance
- provider governance obligations
- how we collect provider governance information
- how we respond to provider governance risks.