Government housing tenants are running riot and threatening nearby residents with shovels and molotov cocktails, a Grovedale man claims. Allan, who’s surname has been withheld to protect his safety, said he’s been forced to live with the chaos for seven years despite repeated calls to for help to the Department of Health and Human Services and police seemingly falling on deaf ears.
February 1, 2017
An Aboriginal interpreter has refused to take part in a court hearing for the man accused of abducting and murdering outback nurse Gayle Woodford. Dudley David Davey was scheduled to enter a plea today over Ms Woodford’s murder and the theft of an ambulance she used at Fregon in the APY Lands in March last year. However, the matter had to be adjourned after the court heard the Director of Public Prosecutions had laid fresh information which included a new charge relating to Ms Woodford’s death.
February 1, 2017
A Perth nurse was last night behind bars after she was found guilty of stabbing her former husband with a 20cm kitchen knife at a busy playground in front of their young child. Michelle Allison Fernandez, 43, was on trial in the District Court defending allegations she stabbed Mark Fernandez at the Shelley foreshore in October 2015 after handing over one of their children to stay with him.
January 31, 2017
Two people with medical conditions have gone missing from an aged care home in the NSW Blue Mountains just a day after each other.
January 31, 2017
Lara Aged Care at Dungog has a new manager. Allyson Gregory takes over the role from Kerri Wagner who has retired. Mrs Gregory has been previously employed with RSL Lifecare.
January 31, 2017
Carers Association Victoria Inc T/A Carers Victoria has sought amendments to its Carers Victoria Agreement 2015. The application seeks approval to vary the wages clause – clause 14 of the Agreement – in relation to the December 2016 and December 2017 wage increases for employees to whom the Equal Remuneration Order applies. The variation limits the wage increases to the amount of supplementary funding received by Carers Victoria. In addition, the application seeks to incorporate into the Agreement an undertaking given to the Fair Work Commission at the time the Agreement was approved in 2015. Commission Cribb has allowed the application.
January 31, 2017
A s.210 (Enterprise agreement) application by Allity Management Services Pty Ltd T/A Allity for its Allity Enterprise Agreement (South Australia) 2014 has been amended by Commissioner Platt to now read: “By replacing the second bullet point in paragraph [2] with the following “increase the rates of pay by 1.75% from the first full pay period on or after 21 October 2016, and a further 1.75% from the first full pay period on or after 21 October 2017.”
January 31, 2017
A s.185 (Enterprise agreement) application by SwanCare Group Incorporated for its SwanCare Group Incorporated (ANF) Nurses Enterprise Agreement 2016 has been approved by Commissioner Gregory in Melbourne on the 30 January 2017.
