An elderly man has suffered horrifying facial injuries after he was allegedly bashed inside a retirement village over an alleged stolen coffee mug on Saturday. The 88-year-old retiree living in The Haven suffered bleeding to the brain after he was viciously assaulted by another tenant at the centre, police claim. An altercation broke out between the victim and a 69-year-old man after the alleged assailant accused the 88-year-old of stealing his favourite coffee mug. It is believed the older resident denied the allegations, before he was punched in the head multiple times.
January 10, 2017
The Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation and Western Health have a s.739 (Application to deal with a dispute) before Commissioner Cribb in Conference Room E & F – Level 6 in Melbourne at 3.30pm.
January 10, 2017
Western Health and the Health Services Union have a s.739 (Application to deal with a dispute) being heard by Commissioner Cribb in Conference Room E & F – Level 6 in Melbourne at 2pm.
January 10, 2017
An application for approval of the Pulse Administrative Employees Agreement – 2016 (s.185 – Application for approval of a single-enterprise agreement) will be determined by Commissioner Gregory in his Melbourne chambers.
January 10, 2017
Close to 100 staff have been sacked from the Waikato District Health Board in the past six years, with more than 1300 disciplined. But the reasons why are unknown – and it will cost at least $38,000 to find out. An Official Information Act request revealed that 1335 DHB staff faced disciplinary action between January 2010 and August 2016. And of those that were disciplined, 97 were given the boot. The DHB’s director of people and performance, Greg Peploe, said that number is expected from an organisation with nearly 7000 staff members. “Not every one of our employees is exemplary,” Peploe said. “We have theft … it’s a large organisation.”
January 10, 2017
“Hospital specialists are saddened by the tragic death of our Whanganui Branch President Dr Chris Cresswell whilst mountain bike riding,” says Ian Powell, Executive Director of the Association of Salaried Medical Specialists (ASMS).
January 10, 2017
An application for approval of the Medea Park Association Incorporated General Staff Enterprise Agreement 2015 (s.185 – Application for approval of a single-enterprise agreement) will be determined by Commissioner Roe in his Melbourne chambers.
January 10, 2017
Former National Union of Workers NSW leader Derrick Belan allegedly instructed an IT company to pay for his botox injections, cars and luxury rental home and then on-charge the costs to the union under the guise of IT services with an average 20 per cent mark-up. Hundreds of thousands of dollars in union members’ money are alleged to have been used in the scheme as the union forked out more than $1 million on IT services over several years. The new allegations, which were not previously uncovered by the Trade Union Royal Commission, will add to the ongoing public debate about alleged corruption within the union movement and come as the Turnbull government is preparing to introduce legislation in response to the commission’s recommendations.
