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Community Services #1 Incorporated is being asked to defend a s.394 (Application for unfair dismissal remedy) instigated by an ex-staff member (Robertson).

Lane Cove Retirement Units Association Ltd is facing a s.604 (Appeal of decisions) before the Full Bench of the Fair Work Commission 11 Exhibition Street Melbourne at 9am (Allan).

McKenzie Staff Pty Ltd has had its McKenzie Aged Care Group Enterprise Agreement 2016 application approved by Commissioner Lee in Melbourne on 12 December 2016.

An application by Health Services Union (s.240 – Application to deal with a bargaining dispute) will have its merits picked apart by Commissioner Cribb in the Fair Work Commission 11 Exhibition Street Melbourne at 5pm.

Former New South Wales nursing home employee Garry Steven Davis, 29, has been jailed for at least 30 years for murdering two Newcastle residents and attempting to murder a third. Davis injected the residents with large doses of insulin at the SummitCare nursing home in Wallsend over a two-day period in October, 2013. Residents Gwen Fowler, 83, and Ryan Kelly, 80, died as a result of the injections, while Audrey Manuel, 91, recovered and has since died from unrelated causes. In sentencing Davis to a maximum 40 years in jail, Supreme Court Justice Robert Hulme said: “There’s no explanation as to why he did it.” Davis “acted with extreme callousness… it’s as if he thought their lives were worthless”, Justice Hulme added. Davis will be eligible for parole in December 2044.

Aspen Medical Pty Ltd must deal with a s.372 (Application to deal with other contravention disputes) today before Commissioner Williams in the Fair Work Commission Perth (Howard).

The Bethanie Group Inc is accused via a s.394 (Application for unfair dismissal remedy) of tossing out a staff member (Abebe) in a contravention of the rules.

Avocare Ltd and Avocare Limited & Keilty are facing a series of s.372 (Application to deal with other contravention disputes) and s.739 (Application to deal with a dispute) from a trio of applicants (Homan, Pearson and Johnstone) before Deputy President Hamilton in the Fair Work Commission 11 Exhibition Street Melbourne at 11.30 today.