An application by Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation – Northern Territory Branch (s.238 – Application for a scope order) will be heard by Commissioner Wilson in court 3 & conference room B – level 6 in Melbourne at 10am.
July 12, 2017
Three Indigenous Liaison Officers (ILOs) have been recruited to the North West Hospital and Health Service (NWHHS) to help folks see the hospital as a place of healing, and not something to fear. Robert Warren, Rhonda West and Melissa Nathan have discovered many people think they are everything but trained liaison officers. “We’ve been mistaken for travel agents, Centrelink workers, counsellors, transport drivers, and Child Safety officers,” Ms Nathan said. The experienced former community worker covers maternity, paediatrics and palliative care.
July 12, 2017
Awabakal Local Aboriginal Land Council is facing a s.394 (Application for unfair dismissal remedy) lodged by an ex-staffer (Towers).
July 12, 2017
Peninsula Village Limited & Evergreen Life Care Limited and Others have a s.576(2)(aa) (Promoting cooperative and productive workplace relations and preventing disputes) set down before Deputy President Booth in the Gosford RSL 26 Central Coast Hwy West Gosford NSW 2250 at 10am.
July 12, 2017
St John of God Health Care Inc T/A St John of God health Care has had its St John of God Healthcare – HSU – Health Professionals, Administrative, Clerical and Technical Enterprise Agreement 2016 corrected by Commissioner Lee in Melbourne on 11 July 2017. The original nominal expiry date of 31 March 2018 was incorrect and is amended to 31 March 2019.
July 12, 2017
The Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation and Bendigo Health have a s.739 (Application to deal with a dispute) set down for hearing by Commissioner Cribb in conference rooms E & F – level 6 in Melbourne.
July 12, 2017
Safe Places Community Services Limited is facing a s.394 (Application for unfair dismissal remedy) before Commissioner Spencer in his Brisbane chambers (Torrance).
July 11, 2017
Dementia patients at Garrawarra Centre are not safe, are frequently subjected to assaults by other patients and have excessive force used against them. These are just a few of the damning findings outlined in a federal government agency report on the state-run aged care facility at Waterfall which is already under sanctions. The Australian Aged Care Quality Agency (AACQA) report, released on its website on Monday, revealed that Garrawarra met just 37 of the 44 expected outcomes of the national accreditation standards. While the centre is one of the few purpose-built, dementia-specific facilities in the state – one of those failures was in the important area of ‘behavioural management’.
