Guides and perspectives
Practical guides and Koora perspectives for Australian care workers and providers. Explore checks, careers, workforce compliance and the ideas shaping care.
Koora has its SOC 2 Type I report
An independent auditor examined how Koora's security controls are designed and issued an unqualified opinion, no exceptions. What it covers, where the Type II sits, and how it fits Australian law.
Read perspectiveAged CareAged care is consolidating: workforce due diligence when you acquire a provider
Buying a care business means inheriting its workforce and its compliance gaps on day one. What to ask for in the data room, per worker, and why the seller's spreadsheet will not answer it.
Read guideChildcareThe child safety training deadline has passed: what you must be able to show
Foundation child safety training was due for existing staff by 27 August 2026, and advanced training falls due 31 March 2027. The dates, who is in scope, and the evidence per person.
Read guideChildcareChildcare enforcement doubled in 2026: what a compliance action looks like
Compliance actions more than doubled year on year and the Commonwealth can now withdraw Child Care Subsidy funding. The two enforcement levers, and the workforce records behind both.
Read guideAged CareNew in the chair: the workforce compliance questions to ask in week one
Six aged care CEO and chair changes were announced in a single August fortnight. Five questions a new executive should ask about the workforce record, and what a slow answer tells you.
Read guideAged CareThe Commission's targeted Support at Home review: what providers get asked
Quality Bulletin #7-2026 opened a targeted review of selected Support at Home providers' financial and prudential obligations. What it covers, and where workforce records come into it.
Read guideChildcareVECRA: Victoria's new childcare regulator and the records it asks for
Victoria's early childhood regulator can fine on the spot, requires two years of compliance history on the wall from 12 August 2026, and suspends individual educators. What that means for records.
Read guideBuilding in the openWhy we removed the worker marketplace, and what Koora is becoming
We built a way for providers to browse workers. It was making the compliance product harder to adopt, because nobody hands over their workforce to a place their competitors can shop in.
Read perspectiveAll sectorsDo you need a new police check for a new care job?
A National Police Check can be valid for three years, but valid is not the same as current. Why a fresh, purpose-specific check before you start is best practice, and what Koora accepts.
Read guidePerspectiveAustralia is joining up care's worker checks. The meantime matters.
Australia is aligning worker screening and registers across Aged Care, Disability and Childcare. Getting them right takes time, and the interim is where the risk and the work sit.
Read perspectiveAged CareThe Aged Care Act 2024 explained: what changes for the workforce
A plain-English guide to the Aged Care Act 2024 for the workforce: the new screening obligation, who counts as a worker, the Code of Conduct, the strengthened standards and record-keeping.
Read guideAged CareAged Care Act 2024: a provider's worker screening and record-keeping checklist
A practical checklist of provider obligations under the Aged Care Act 2024: who to screen, the interim rules, and the records you must keep.
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