This instrument is the Aged Care Legislation Amendment (July Indexation) Instrument 2025.

(1) Each provision of this instrument specified in column 1 of the table commences, or is taken to have commenced, in accordance with column 2 of the table. Any other statement in column 2 has effect according to its terms.

Commencement information
Column 1	Column 2	Column 3
Provisions	Commencement	Date/Details
1. The whole of this instrument	1 July 2025	1 July 2025

Note: This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made. It will not be amended to deal with any later amendments of this instrument.

(2) Any information in column 3 of the table is not part of this instrument. Information may be inserted in this column, or information in it may be edited, in any published version of this instrument.

3 Authority

This instrument is made under the following:

(a) the Aged Care Act 1997;

(b) the Aged Care (Transitional Provisions) Act 1997.

4 Schedules

Each instrument that is specified in a Schedule to this instrument is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this instrument has effect according to its terms.

Schedule 1—S ubsidy paid under the Aged Care Act 1997

Aged Care (Subsidy, Fees and Payments) Determination 2014

1 Amendments of listed provisions—increased amounts

The provisions listed in the following table are amended as set out in the table.

Amendments relating to increased amounts
Item	Provision	Omit	Substitute
1	Section 64ZJ	$14.11	$14.45
2	Paragraph 64ZK(a)	$22.36	$22.90
3	Paragraph 64ZK(b)	$25.11	$25.71
4	Section 64ZR	$7.99	$8.18
5	Subsection 70(1)	$14.25	$14.59
6	Subsection 70(2)	$17.81	$18.24
7	Paragraph 72(1)(a)	$22.59	$23.13
8	Paragraph 72(1)(b)	$25.37	$25.98
9	Subsection 72(2)	$28.24 for bolus feeding and $31.71 for non-bolus feeding	$28.91 for bolus feeding and $32.48 for non-bolus feeding
10	Paragraph 79(a)	$49,873.20	$49,977.20
11	Paragraph 79(b)	$64,584.00	$64,688.00
12	Paragraph 79(c)	$65,260.00	$65,416.00
13	Section 91	$1.36 for DVEA	$1.39
14	Section 91	$47.12 for HMA	$48.16
15	Section 92	$148.43 for B	$151.70
16	Subparagraph 104(1)(b)(ii)	$17.88	$18.27
17	Subparagraph 104(2)(b)(ii)	$5.42	$5.54
18	Subsection 106(2)	$249.06	$254.54
19	Subsection 106(3)	$5.02	$5.13
20	Subsection 106B(2)	$249.06	$254.54
21	Subsection 106B(3)	$5.02	$5.13
22	Section 110	$750,000.00	$758,627.00
23	Subsection 111(1)	$750,000.00	$758,627.00

2 Section 67 (table)

Repeal the table, substitute:

Basic subsidy amount
Item	Level of home care	Amount ($)
1	Level 1	29.95
2	Level 2	52.67
3	Level 3	114.65
4	Level 4	173.81

3 Section 84A (table to the definition of ARIA value viability supplement amount)

Repeal the table, substitute:

ARIA value viability supplement amount
Item	ARIA value	Amount ($)
1	Less than 3.52	0.00
2	At least 3.52 but less than 4.67	6.89
3	At least 4.67 but less than 5.81	8.25
4	At least 5.81 but less than 7.45	11.54
5	At least 7.45 but less than 9.09	13.84
6	At least 9.09 but less than 10.55	19.38
7	At least 10.55	23.28

4 Section 84A (table to the definition of MMM classification viability supplement amount)

Repeal the table, substitute:

MMM classification viability supplement amount
Item	Modified Monash Model classification	Amount ($)
1	MMM 1	0.00
2	MMM 2	0.00
3	MMM 3	0.00
4	MMM 4	1.32
5	MMM 5	2.93
6	MMM 6	19.38
7	MMM 7	23.28

Note: In 2024, the Modified Monash Model classification for a suburb or locality was available at the Health Department’s website http://www.health.gov.au.

5 Section 87 (table to the definition of ARIA value additional amount)

Repeal the table, substitute:

ARIA value additional amount
Item	ARIA value	Amount ($)
1	0 to 3.51 inclusive	0.00
2	3.52 to 4.66 inclusive	6.30
3	4.67 to 5.80 inclusive	7.54
4	5.81 to 7.44 inclusive	10.55
5	7.45 to 9.08 inclusive	12.65
6	9.09 to 10.54 inclusive	17.72
7	10.55 to 12 inclusive	21.29

6 Section 87 (table to the definition of MMM classification additional amount)

Repeal the table, substitute:

MMM classification additional amount
Item	Modified Monash Model classification	Amount ($)
1	MMM 1	0.00
2	MMM 2	0.00
3	MMM 3	0.00
4	MMM 4	1.22
5	MMM 5	2.68
6	MMM 6	17.72
7	MMM 7	21.29

Note: In 2024, the Modified Monash Model classification for a suburb or locality was available at the Health Department’s website http://www.health.gov.au.

7 Section 93 (1) (table to the direct care minutes amount)

Repeal the table, substitute:

Direct care minutes supplement amount
Item	Modified Monash Model classification	Amount ($)
1	MMM 5	16.35
2	MMM 6	17.75
3	MMM 7	18.28

8 Section 94 (table to the respite supplement equivalent amount)

Repeal the table, substitute:

Respite supplement equivalent amount
Item	Number of effective residential care places	Amount ($)
1	Less than 11	59.07
2	More than 10 but less than 21	94.51
3	More than 20 but less than 31	106.30
4	More than 30 but less than 41	118.09
5	More than 40	129.95

9 Section 96A (table to the aged care wage supplement amount)

Repeal the table, substitute:

Aged care wage supplement amount
Item	Person place allocated to	Amount ($)
1	Churches of Christ Care in Queensland	26.31
2	Huon Eldercare Limited	30.82
3	Norfolk Island Health and Residential Aged Care Services	14.94
4	Any other person	0.00

10 Section 97 (table to the viability supplement equivalent amounts for Category A services)

Repeal the table, substitute:

Viability supplement equivalent amounts—Category A services
Item	Degree of isolation of the service	Number of places allocated in respect of the service	Amount ($)
1	Isolated Remote Area	less than 16	63.46
2	Isolated Remote Area	more than 15 but less than 30	39.02
3	Isolated Remote Area	more than 29	3.96
4	Remote Centre	less than 16	30.30
5	Remote Centre	more than 15 but less than 30	21.52
6	Remote Centre	more than 29	3.96
7	Rural Outside Large Centre	less than 16	12.76
8	Rural Outside Large Centre	more than 15 but less than 30	3.96
9	Rural Outside Large Centre	more than 29	3.96
10	An area not covered by items 1 to 9	not applicable	3.96

Note: Terms used in this table are defined in section 87.

11 Section 98 (table to the viability supplement equivalent amounts for Category B services)

Repeal the table, substitute:

Viability supplement equivalent amounts—Category B services
Item	Score	Amount ($)
1	40	3.96
2	50	4.42
3	60	12.76
4	70	21.52
5	80	30.30
6	90	39.02
7	100	63.46

12 Section 99 (table to the viability supplement equivalent amounts for Category C services)

Repeal the table, substitute:

Viability supplement equivalent amounts—Category C services
Item	Score	Amount ($)
1	50	9.53
2	55	14.28
3	60	21.36
4	65	26.10
5	70	38.08
6	75	47.44
7	80	59.27
8	85	71.24
9	90	83.06
10	95	92.54
11	100	104.42

13 Section 99A (table to the viability supplement equivalent amounts for Category D services)

Repeal the table, substitute:

Viability supplement equivalent amounts—Category D services
Item	Score	Amount ($)
1	50	9.53
2	55	14.28
3	60	21.36
4	65	26.10
5	70	38.08
6	75	47.44
7	80	59.27
8	85	71.24
9	90	83.06
10	95	92.54
11	100	104.42

14 Section 101 (table to the concessional resident equivalent amounts)

Repeal the table, substitute:

Concessional resident equivalent amounts
Item	Region in which multi‑purpose service is located	Amount ($)
	New South Wales
1	Central Coast	13.72
2	Central West	11.77
3	Far North Coast	12.50
4	Hunter	13.85
5	Illawarra	12.80
6	Inner West	14.30
7	Mid North Coast	13.10
8	Nepean	12.75
9	New England	8.44
10	Northern Sydney	8.24
11	Orana Far West	15.40
12	Riverina Murray	13.71
13	South East Sydney	13.33
14	Southern Highlands	14.43
15	South West Sydney	16.13
16	Western Sydney	12.88
	Victoria
17	Barwon South Western	8.40
18	Eastern Metro	7.59
19	Gippsland	7.97
20	Grampians	14.06
21	Hume	8.16
22	Loddon‑Mallee	12.98
23	Northern Metro	12.88
24	Southern Metro	8.38
25	Western Metro	8.32
	Queensland
26	Brisbane North	12.54
27	Brisbane South	13.42
28	Cabool	13.48
29	Central West	11.77
30	Darling Downs	14.47
31	Far North	12.56
32	Fitzroy	7.36
33	Logan River Valley	14.67
34	Mackay	12.57
35	Northern	12.22
36	North West	18.40
37	South Coast	13.85
38	South West	12.57
39	Sunshine Coast	8.48
40	West Moreton	14.08
41	Wide Bay	12.85
	South Australia
42	Eyre Peninsula	16.69
43	Hills, Mallee and Southern	14.61
44	Metropolitan East	13.48
45	Metropolitan North	13.67
46	Metropolitan South	13.78
47	Metropolitan West	15.07
48	Mid North	13.73
49	Riverland	15.24
50	South East	13.53
51	Whyalla, Flinders and Far North	13.91
52	Yorke Lower North and Barossa	14.31
	Western Australia
53	Goldfields	7.36
54	Great Southern	8.35
55	Kimberley	18.00
56	Metropolitan East	13.48
57	Metropolitan North	13.67
58	Metropolitan South East	13.78
59	Metropolitan South West	15.07
60	Mid West	16.41
61	Pilbara	17.68
62	South West	12.57
63	Wheatbelt	12.92
	Tasmania
64	Northern	12.22
65	North Western	13.29
66	Southern	13.89
	Northern Territory
67	Alice Springs	20.18
68	Barkly	23.13
69	Darwin	17.37
70	East Arnhem	23.13
71	Katherine	12.56
	Australian Capital Territory
72	Australian Capital Territory	14.21

15 Subsection 104(1) (table)

Repeal the table, substitute:

Amount of flexible care subsidy
Item	Column 1 Approved provider	Column 2 Amount ($)
1	Multiple Sclerosis Society of Victoria	79.27
2	Helping Hand Aged Care Inc.	71.91
3	Senses Foundation Inc.	90.02
4	Li-Ve Tasmania	81.39
5	New Horizons Enterprises Limited	83.69
6	Uniting Church in Australia Property Trust (NSW) Springwood Retirement Village	77.30

16 Subsection 104(2) (table)

Repeal the table, substitute:

Amount of flexible care subsidy
Item	Column 1 Approved provider	Column 2 Amount ($)
1	Riverland Mallee Coorong Local Health Network Incorporated	40.39

Maximum daily prices for care management and package management
Item	If, on the day, the care recipient’s level of care as a prioritised home care recipient determined under subsection 23B‑1(1) of the Act is …	the maximum price for care management for the day for the care recipient is … ($)	and the maximum price for package management for the day for the care recipient is … ($)
1	Level 1	5.99	4.49
2	Level 2	10.53	7.90
3	Level 3	22.93	17.20
4	Level 4	34.76	26.07