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Uniting Care Wesley Bowden is fighting a s.394 (Application for unfair dismissal remedy) lodged by Contreras in Adelaide.

A s.185 (Enterprise agreement) application by Serco Australia Pty Ltd T/A Serco for its Serco Acacia Prison Nurses (ANF) Collective Agreement 2016 has been approved by Commissioner Roe.

Regis Aged Care Pty Ltd has to combat a s.394 (Application for unfair dismissal remedy) lodged by ex-staffer Sharma in Sydney.

Patients were briefly evacuated from St John of God hospital in Mt Lawley this afternoon after a fire broke out in the building.

Sexual crimes in Victorian hospitals have doubled in the last year, with a person now raped or assaulted on the wards every four days. There were 83 sexual offences recorded in Victorian hospitals in 2016, new police data reveals. But the peak body against sexual crimes in Victoria said that figure was actually much higher because very few patients or hospital workers who are a victims comes forward to police. Victoria Police spokeswoman Lisa Beechey said sexual offences were the “most underreported personal crimes in Victoria”.

Stellarcare Pty Ltd is facing an unfair dismissal claim by ex-staffer Ladlow.

A 78-year-old resident at an apartment complex for the elderly shot and killed an assistant manager over accusations of theft.

Staff at a Victorian public hospital have been told to spend more time focusing on their jobs instead of binging on movies and surfing the net while at work. Ballarat Health Services has warned its 4000 staff to cut down on excessive personal internet use after an internal audit revealed its public servants were spending too much time downloading music and watching films on Netflix. The public hospital says staff were abusing the free, taxpayer-funded internet so much, it was slowing down its computer network, leaving vital programs unable to run properly. Despite the crackdown, the hospital admitted it will continue to allow its staff to surf the internet for personal use