
Mel Argent
Melissa "Mel" Argent, CEO and Board Director of Rockpool Residential Aged Care; nursing and healthcare leader advocating for systemic reform in Australia's aged care sector.
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Jun 29, 2026
"We're Choosing to Underfund Aged Care". The Funding and Legislation Conversation We Keep Putting Off with Mel Argent & Adrian Morgan
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Mel ArgentGUEST
So I actually asked the same question quite a while ago, and it was particularly around star ratings.

Mel ArgentGUEST
And I just said, you know, we've got our scorecards and our trending and that we have to answer to or our audit tool.

Mel ArgentGUEST
You know, I'd love to see theirs as well, because then the other point is you talk about billions and millions of dollars, billions.

Mel ArgentGUEST
Technology, like where, when are we going to start funding technology? We've talked about all this money coming for improved platforms and we're still talking about a phone call.

Mel ArgentGUEST
You know, this is, this is the challenge and we're dealing with this in the phase we're in at the moment around starting again and submitting and getting to try all the tech platforms, both through the department and the commission.
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"We're Choosing to Underfund Aged Care". The Funding and Legislation Conversation We Keep Putting Off with Mel Argent & Adrian Morgan
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Mel ArgentGUEST
I think you've seen me be a little bit bold of recent times about why is profit a dirty word.

Mel ArgentGUEST
Uh, and I think that's why people are frightened, because you almost, if you are becoming sustainable and profitable, you're almost scared to talk about it at times, because is it going to be frowned upon? You know, the way that that's often published in the media is the dirty private providers, yet you can have both.

Mel ArgentGUEST
You can have exceptional care and profit, and we've got an investor base that backs that.
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