The Aged Care Program Serving Over Half The Sector On 8% Of The Budget Is Being Phased Out
Australia's Commonwealth Home Support Program supports around 840,000 older Australians. That is more than half of the entire aged care sector. And it runs on roughly 8% of aged care spending.
By any measure of value for money, that's the most efficient program in the portfolio. So naturally, it's being phased out.
People Are Dying Waiting…
The people making healthcare decisions have never sat in the homes of the people affected by them.
In this episode, Emeka pulls back the curtain on Australia's aged care and regional healthcare system. Drawing from his own experience running a healthcare company, he shares what happens when vulnerable elderly Australians are left behind by a system built around spreadsheets instead of people. We get into the reality of servicing regional communities, why telehealth is failing some elderly Australians, and the deeper structural problems affecting aged care and the NDIS.
He Pulled A Knife and the Army Protected Him For 18 Months
⚠️ Content note: this episode discusses suicide, PTSD, military trauma, and medication. If you or someone you know is struggling, support links are at the bottom of this description.
Three veteran suicides every fortnight. Up to 3,000 dead in a decade, according to the Royal Commission. And the system meant to protect them is, in Andrew Hovenden's words, putting them on ice.
Andrew sits down with Emeka to talk about what really broke him in the Australian Army. It wasn't combat. It wasn't a war zone. It was a senior NCO pulling a push knife on him in the Malaysian jungle, then his own chain of command turning the investigation on him for the next 18 months.
From Covid Debate to Common Ground
In this episode of Emeka Conversations: On The Road, Emeka speaks with an everyday Australian about Covid, government decisions, media narratives, and the growing distrust many people feel toward institutions.
She had an Abortion at 28 Weeks
Emeka sits down with Elsie Mckellar for a raw, uncensored discussion about abortion, truth, propaganda, and the psychological manipulation shaping modern society.
Abortion Debate Australia
Lola from TheLolaStand and the BirdFlip team (founded by Joanna Howe) joins Emeka to unpack the abortion debate Australia is having right now, exploring law, language, faith, and culture
NDIS Scandal Exposed
In this hard-hitting episode of Emeka Unfiltered, Emeka Edwin-Nweze investigates how Australia’s National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS), once a promise of empowerment, has turned into a costly and chaotic bureaucracy.
Fired for Telling the Truth
In this episode of Emeka Unscripted, Emeka Edwin-Nweze investigates how ideology is replacing science in Australia’s healthcare system, and why doctors are being punished for speaking the truth.