NEWS-HR

Group GSA has appointed Will Lakin as studio principal at its newly established Perth studio. Lakin has project experience in aged care and retirement living.

A s.185 (Enterprise agreement) application by Western Australian Council of Social Services Inc for its WACOSS Staff Agreement 2016 has been approved.

Canberra Hospital’s elective surgery and outpatient services should return to normal today following an electrical fire which forced the cancellation of some services late last week.

A s.185 (Enterprise agreement) application by Estia Investments Pty Ltd T/A Estia Health for its Estia Health NSW Enterprise Agreement 2016 has been approved by Commissioner Gregory in a 6 page decision handed down in Melbourne on 7 April 2017.

The National Union of Workers and Aspen Pharma Pty Ltd are in a (s.739 – Application to deal with a dispute) armwrestle.

The family of an elderly resident killed at the trouble-plagued Makk and McLeay nursing home at Oakden says the South Australian Government has swept their story under the carpet. Almost a decade after Graham Rollbusch’s death, his niece Lorraine Allen is still searching for answers. Her questions come in the wake of recent allegations of mistreatment at Oakden, with former resident Bob Spriggs found severely overdosed and bruised, thought to be caused by the use of restraints. The facility is under Commonwealth reprimand, and was at the time of Mr Rollbusch’s death in 2008.

An application by United Voice and Health Services Union (s.160 – Application to vary a modern award to remove ambiguity or uncertainty or correct error) will be adjudicated by Deputy President Booth in Conference Room 14A – Level 14 and Conference Room 14B – Level 14 in Sydney at 10am.

The acting RSL NSW president has had to be removed from a board meeting of the RSL National after he ignored repeated requests not to attend. John Haines is the third state president in three years after previous president Don Rowe stood down after it was revealed he had run up $475,000 on his corporate credit card, and his successor Rod White stood down amid allegations he took a share of $2.5 million in “consultancy fees” from an RSL-owned charity along with some other state councillors.