The $320 million was the minimum amount needed to prevent some of the biggest aged-care companies in the country from defaulting on their loan covenants or facing a hike in their borrowing costs.
The government was particularly worried about private multinational Bupa, which currently faces sanctions or serious risk notices over a third of its 72 facilities around the country. Liquidity was also an issue for Japara, Estia and Regis, the three aged-care giants listed on the Australian Stock Exchange.

The paradox of dependence is that men tell us in big and small ways that they cannot bear the thought of us depending on them, so we perform non-dependence because it is the only way we can hold on to our human need for connection. For women, this performance is a prerequisite for love. And because we are human, and because we have needs, we need love just like everybody else does.
I use the phrase ‘non-dependence’ here because I need to make desperately clear that we are not talking about independence, not really. ‘Independence’ is the wrong word for this evasive quality we are taught to chase. It is not independence at all because true independence is inward-looking and self-defining. What is being asked of us here is wholly dreamt up by others.
Performing non-dependence is not about us at all, but rather about reading him carefully enough to know exactly what kind of un-needy-ness he—ironically—needs.