An application by Centacare North Queensland (The Roman Catholic Trust Corporation for the Diocese of Townsville) (s.225 – Application for termination of an enterprise agreement after its nominal expiry date) is on foot before Commissioner Booth in his Brisbane chambers.
June 22, 2017
WA’s problem-plagued public hospital system is facing more instability with the head of King Edward Memorial Hospital stepping down on unspecified extended leave. A circular sent to staff said Peter Wynn Owen, a forensic psychiatrist, had stepped down as executive director of Women and Newborn Health Services. Dr Wynn Owen has been in the role for less than two years. The position will be temporarily filled by Philip Aylward, who is in charge of procurement and contract management at the North Metropolitan Health Service.
June 22, 2017
The Guide Dogs for the Blind Association of Queensland & Jackson and Others are facing a trio of s.372 (Application to deal with other contravention disputes) before Commissioner Simpson (Evans/Ferguson/Ingram).
June 22, 2017
WA hospitals have been savaged by the corruption watchdog for lax controls over powerful and addictive narcotics that continue to go missing despite repeated warnings to improve security. The Corruption and Crime Commission released a report yesterday on the management of schedule 8 controlled drugs — the fourth official investigation of its kind in six years.
June 22, 2017
Spencers Amcal Pharmacy is facing the bitter pill of a s.739 (Application to deal with a dispute in relation to flexible working arrangements) lodged by a staff member (Photopoulos).
June 22, 2017
A group of elderly residents were returning to their nursing home from a trip to a bakery when a taxi crashed into their mini bus killing one woman and injuring a dozen others in the state’s north. Police allege the taxi T-boned the bus, carrying a group of elderly residents from the Mercy Place nursing home in Shepparton, about 3.30pm on Tuesday.
June 22, 2017
Adelaide Dental Solutions has been served with a s.739 (Application to deal with a dispute) by Damin.
June 21, 2017
A building supervisor who was assaulted at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital by an employee has been awarded more than $800,000 in damages, but is unlikely to see any money because his attacker is bankrupt. District Court Judge Rauf Soulio awarded former gyprocker and building supervisor Andrew Kent $815,624 in compensation for past, current and future losses after he was punched in the face by Shane Redhead in January 2012. Mr Redhead, who is now bankrupt, called his boss and said he was on his way to the construction site and wanted to meet him. “(Mr Redhead) wished to confront (Mr Kent) regarding allegations he had apparently made about the treatment of his wife,” Judge Soulio said in his decision. When Mr Kent, 48, arrived in the car park, Mr Redhead immediately punched him in the head, knocking him to the ground. “A struggle ensued,” Judge Soulio said. “(Mr Kent) got the better of (Mr Redhead) and held him down. Thereafter (Mr Kent) released him, having formed the view he had calmed down.” Once Mr Kent released him, Mr Redhead punched him in the face a second time before driving away from the Woodville hospital car park. Mr Kent suffered fractures to the jaw, cheek bone and eye socket.
