NEWS-HR

Nightingales Pharmacy Byford is being asked to defend a s.773 (Application to deal with an unlawful termination dispute) launched by an ex staffer (Bauer).

An application for approval of the Prahran Mission Collective Agreement 2016 (s.185 – Application for approval of a single-enterprise agreement) is being heard by Commissioner Saunders in the Fair Work Commission at Terrace Tower 80 William Street East Sydney.

Teeth Health Life Dental is facing a s.365 (Application to deal with contraventions involving dismissal) initiated by Perrett.

A Mt Sheridan man who moved in with his elderly mother after she was diagnosed with dementia has denied he stole thousands of dollars from her account. Kevin James Singleton, 46, has pleaded not guilty to wrongly taking $237,000 from his mother Beverley Tipo’s account over two years. The Cairns District Court heard yesterday that Singleton, along with his wife and three children, moved in to care for his mother in late 2012. He was charged with fraud less than three years later when, the court heard, his brother Vernon got hold of his mother’s bank statements and saw dozens of cash withdrawals, along with transfers from her superannuation.

An application for approval of the Disability Living Incorporated Enterprise Agreement 2016 (s.185 – Application for approval of a single-enterprise agreement) will be determined by Commissioner Saunders in the Fair Work Commission at Terrace Tower 80 William Street East Sydney.

Critical care patients at St John of God Hospital in Mt Lawley were transferred to neighbouring hospitals after a fire forced a mass evacuation overnight. About 80 patients were evacuated after a fire broke out in a plant room on the ground floor about 6.45pm. A medical operation which was in progress during the evacuation was allowed to continue because smoke had not filled the theatre.

The NSW Supreme Court has heard the deaths of two far north coast nursing home residents may not have been considered suspicious if only one of them had occurred. Nurse Megan Haines is on trial for the murders of Marie Darragh, 82, and Isabella Spencer, 77, at St Andrews Village, Ballina, in May 2014. In his closing address to the jury today, Prosecutor Brendan Campbell described their deaths as “purposeful and deliberate”. Both women had made complaints about Haines, who is accused of injecting them with insulin. Haines had been told complaints had been made and was due to attend a formal meeting.

Cater Care Australia Pty Ltd is fighting a s.394 (Application for unfair dismissal remedy) instigated by an ex-staff member (Mondel).