NEWS-HR

Andrew Cameron Stevens has been appointed as a director of Stockland Corporation Limited on 1 July 2017.

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.

A 91-year-old man riding a mobility scooter has been killed in a traffic crash in the northern Perth suburb of Dianella.

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).

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.

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.

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.

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.