The Aged Care Act 2024 Readiness Checklist
The Aged Care Act 2024 commenced on 1 November 2025 and moved real exposure onto directors and senior managers. This checklist is the practical guide to being ready before your next audit.
- The seven Strengthened Quality Standards mapped to evidence
- Section 180 personal liability: the $182,000 and $54,600 tiers
- The eight SIRS reportable incident types and their clocks
- Star Ratings sub-category weights and how compliance flows in
- A week-by-week 30-day pre-audit checklist you can action
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Download the checklist →Everything an approved provider needs to walk into an audit ready
Written in plain English for the people who carry compliance day to day. Each section tells you what the Act expects, and what evidence proves it.
The seven Strengthened Standards
Each Standard mapped to the evidence an assessor looks for, so you can see at a glance where your proof is strong and where it is thin.
Section 180 personal liability
The responsible-person duty explained, with the two penalty tiers at the current penalty unit: up to $182,000 where harm results, and $54,600 for a serious failure.
SIRS reportable incidents
The eight reportable incident types and the 24-hour and 30-day notification clocks, so nothing is missed and nothing is late.
Star Ratings, decoded
The sub-category weightings and how compliance, staffing, residents' experience and quality measures combine into your public rating.
A 30-day pre-audit plan
A week-by-week checklist to pressure-test your evidence before the auditor arrives, not while they are sitting across the table.
Financial and prudential
Where the new prudential and financial reporting duties bite, and the governance changes boards and CEOs should make now.