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A residential care home boss who stole from an 87-year-old resident to fuel her online gambling addiction has been warned she faces prison.

A s.185 (Enterprise agreement) application by Sportsmed SA Hospitals Pty Ltd for its Sportsmed SA Hospitals Pty Ltd Clerical Employees Enterprise Agreement 2017 has been approved by Commissioner Cirkovic in Melbourne on 23 June 2017.

An application by Healthscope Operations Limited (s.217 – Application to vary an agreement to remove ambiguity or uncertainty) will be determined by Commissioner Cirkovic in the Fair Work Commission Edward Braddon Commonwealth Law Courts Building 39-41 Davey Street Hobart at 11am.

A third woman from a nursing home has died following a mini-bus crash in Ardmona, near Shepparton. The woman, 91, died in hospital on Saturday night, four days after the collision, police said. A male taxi driver is charged with one count of dangerous driving causing death after his taxi crashed into a mini bus killing one woman and injuring a dozen others in the state’s north. She was one of a dozen elderly people who had been returning to their nursing home from a bakery on Tuesday afternoon when their mini-bus collided with a taxi. Police allege the taxi driver went through the intersection at Pyke and Turnbull roads in Ardmona and T-boned the bus, causing it to roll. An 80-year-old woman died at the scene while a 95-year-old woman died in hospital on Friday. Mercy Health said its staff were still trying to come to grips with what had happened.

Claire Austin has been appointed as the new Group Manager – Health Workforce New Zealand.

The Islamic Society of Victoria has a s.394 (Application for unfair dismissal remedy) with which it must contend (Abou-Eid).

Barada Barna Aboriginal Corporation has a pair of s.365 (Application to deal with contraventions involving dismissal (consent arbitration)) with which it must deal before Fair Work Commissioner Simpson in his Brisbane chambers (Dargan/Roos).

Spectrum Community Focus Limited is to face a s.394 (Application for unfair dismissal remedy) before Fair Work Commissioner Johns in hearing room 11 – 4 – level 4 in Sydney (Valenzuela).