Director of Platinum Care, David Stallard is one of only 2 Western Australian winners of Australian Anthill Magazine’s 30 under 30 competition.

The nation-wide competition encouraged young entrepreneurs under the age of 30 to share their stories of success (and failure) in their business ventures. A large number of applications were received with judges opting to also include an additional 30 high flyers to recognise the large number of high caliber applications received.

With winners tagged as “the future of business in Australia” and being collectively responsible for turning over hundreds of millions of dollars each year, entrants were from a variety of industries – everything from floristry, pizzas and real estate, to education and aged care. The latter being the industry in which David Stallard has chosen to make a difference.

“We identified a huge need in the aged care industry where staff shortages were (and still are) reaching critical levels and believe this was due to poor pay & conditions. We have tried to champion better pay rates & better conditions for staff in this industry and while we have a lot of work ahead of us, the difference we are making is already having an impact on hundreds of clients every week,” David said. “Today’s decision makers don’t seem to realise their decisions are going to have a direct impact on how well (or otherwise) they are looked after as they approach old age.

Meanwhile many aged & disabled clients are today experiencing first-hand the issues associated with unqualified, inexperienced staff providing care due to staff leaving the industry to follow more lucrative careers.” For more information please refer to our News > Press Releases page here.