Taxpayers will recoup more than $110,000 after four Geelong people were prosecuted for welfare rorting on Monday. The Commonwealth took each of the defendants to court for obtaining financial advantage by deception after they each failed to report and/or under-reported their income to Centrelink while also claiming pensions. Magistrate Peter Mellas heard Belmont man Christopher Hamilton, 32, had been a carer to his ill mother while living in Tasmania, but continued claiming money as her carer even after August 2015, when he moved to the mainland to live in Geelong.
July 25, 2017
A s.185 (Enterprise agreement) application by Adventist Healthcare limited for its Adventist Healthcare Limited Allied Health and Support Services Staff Enterprise Agreement 2017-2020 has been approved by Commissioner Johns in Sydney on 17 July 2017.
July 25, 2017
Serious concerns of a “severe risk to the health, safety and wellbeing” of elderly people have led to two NSW nursing homes being slapped with sanctions, while four others have non-compliance notices. But experts say it’s only the tip of the iceberg, with neglect and abuse of vulnerable and frail residents described as being at “crisis point”. The Garrawarra Centre in Waterfall and Hillside at Figtree in Wollongong are ineligible for federal funding for new residents for six months because of sanctions imposed on them by the Department of Health.
July 25, 2017
The Health Services Union and Ballarat Health Services will have their s.739 (Application to deal with a dispute) determined by Commissioner Cribb in conference rooms E & F – level 6 at 4.30pm in Melbourne.
July 25, 2017
Education and training provider Aged Care Channel has announced Yvonne Webley as its new CEO.
July 25, 2017
The Australian Municipal, Administrative, Clerical and Services Union and National Hearing Care have a dispute before Deputy President Clancy in Melbourne at 4pm.
July 25, 2017
The Health Services Union and Alfred Health are in a s.739 (Application to deal with a dispute) armwrestle.
July 25, 2017
RSL president Tim Hanna will resign to give the new board “clean air” when it emerges from the financial troubles that have threatened the state branch’s survival. Mr Hanna said he will step aside “in the near future” and, when he goes, it will be on his terms. “I wasn’t forced at a state level, however I did have pressure from the national board,” he said. “I’m resigning because I’ve got to a point where having identified the various problems that we’ve had, and having worked those through, I think we’re at a point where I can step away knowing that I’ve put a number of things in place to guarantee our future.” A caretaker board will be ratified in the next few weeks ahead of an election late this year or early next year.
