A s.185 (Enterprise agreement) application by Fresenius Medical Care Australia Pty Ltd for its Fresenius Medical Care ‘Nursing Staff’ Enterprise Agreement 2016 has been approved by Deputy President Gostencnik in Melbourne on 3 July 2017.
July 4, 2017
A 91-year-old man riding a mobility scooter has been killed in a traffic crash in the northern Perth suburb of Dianella.
July 4, 2017
The Roman Catholic Trust Corporation for the Diocese of Townsville is locked in a s.739 (Application to deal with a dispute) lodged by a staff member (Muhling).
July 4, 2017
A s.159 (Alteration of other rules of organisation) by the Health Services Union has been approved by Ailsa Carruthers in Melbourne on 3 July 2017.
July 4, 2017
An application by Health Services Union (s.229 – Application for a bargaining order) before Deputy President Hamilton in court 3 & conference room B – level 6 in Melbourne.
July 4, 2017
Timaru Hospital is in lockdown after concerns about patient safety. A South Canterbury District Health Board (SCDHB) spokeswoman said advice from police regarding patient safety was behind the decision to place the hospital into lockdown. It is unclear exactly what sparked the lockdown. The spokeswoman said lockdown meant all external doors to the hospital were locked.
July 3, 2017
Almost three-quarters of South Australians have rejected the State Government’s wall of secrecy on the Oakden aged-care home and want the anti-corruption watchdog to hold an open inquiry into the abuse of its elderly residents. As MPs prepare to return to Parliament and another vote on the issue looms, a poll of 885 voters has found 73 per cent are in favour of public hearings into the case.
July 3, 2017
Shocked doctors raised the alarm about a Canberra nursing home after an elderly resident battling dementia arrived for emergency treatment with maggot-infested wounds. When the man’s distressed family confronted the nursing home, the then-manager reasoned that maggots “were good for wounds” because they “cleaned them out”. Peter Tunnecliffe, 77, was a resident at the Southern Cross Care facility in Garran when he was sent to Canberra Hospital last December for the treatment of cancer lesions on his face and scalp. Senior hospital staff were so disturbed by the discovery of maggots in the lesions, they took it upon themselves to lay a complaint with the federal government’s aged care watchdog.
