A man accused of spitting on two ambulance officers after being found unconscious on the side of a Kuranda street is expected to fight the charges. William Wallace Barnes, 21, was granted bail after appearing in Cairns Magistrates Court yesterday charged with two counts of assault on a public officer. He was ordered to live with his mother in Kuranda and report to police each week while on bail and will also undergo disease testing. His solicitor Fabia Parker told the court he planned to contest the charges and the circumstances around the alleged assaults were “unusual”.
December 22, 2016
The New South Wales Nurses and Midwives’ Association has challenged Wesley Hospital Ashfield T/A Wesley Mission with an application to deal with a dispute/allowance/back-pay and the exercise of private arbitration power issue. The NSWNMA brought the application in support of its member, Anthony Parkin, a Registered Nurse (RN) at Wesley Hospital Ashfield. The dispute is about whether RN Parkin is entitles to the In Charge of Ward/Unit & Hospital allowance and if so is the Commission invested with the jurisdiction to order the Wesley mission to make a back-payment to RN Parkin? The answer to both questions is yes.
December 22, 2016
The Fair Work Commission has had to order a correction to the MADEC Australia (MADEC) Single Enterprise Agreement 2016-2019. Commissioner Saunders (or his staff) screwed up an operational date.
December 22, 2016
Andrew McLeod has had his unfair dismissal claim against Yagbani Aboriginal Corporation Inc. tossed out by Deputy President Gooley in Melbourne on 19 December 2016.
December 22, 2016
The Fair Work Commission has rejected a s.394 (Unfair dismissal) claim by Warren Morgan against the Williams Family Trust.
December 22, 2016
Jalygurr-Guwan Aboriginal Corporation is dealing with a s.372 (Application to deal with other contravention disputes) lodged by a staffer (Abdullah).
December 22, 2016
The Fair Work Commission has stamped a s.185 (Enterprise Agreement) application by the Queensland Nurses’ Union of Employees for its Queensland Nurses’ Union Non-Elected Officials Enterprise Agreement 2016.
December 22, 2016
Macquarie Area Rehabilitation Specialties Inc is facing a s.394 (Application for unfair dismissal remedy) in front of Deputy President Lawrence in his Sydney Chambers (Hayward).
