NEWS-HR

The Health Services Union and St John of God Health Care are arm wrestling a s.739 (Application to deal with a dispute) before Commissioner Cribb in his Melbourne Chambers at 10.30.

Goulburn Valley Health has to answer a s.372 (Application to deal with other contravention disputes) initiated by staffer Crawford.

An application for approval of the Mallee Accommodation & Support Program Ltd Enterprise Agreement 2016 (s.185 – Application for approval of a single-enterprise agreement) will be decided by Commissioner Roe.

An application for approval of the Epworth HealthCare Nurses Enterprise Agreement 2016 – 2020 (s.185 – Application for approval of a single-enterprise agreement) will be heard by Commissioner Lee in his Melbourne Chambers at 15.15.

The Western Australia Department of Health is defending a s.372 (Application to deal with other contravention disputes) launched by a staff member (Malocca).

An elderly Adelaide woman was fatally bludgeoned in her nursing home bed by another female resident in a late-night rampage involving a chain and a walking frame, an inquest has heard. Dorothy Mavis Baum died from blunt force injuries suffered at St Basil’s Nursing Home in Christies Beach in 2012 and her death is now being investigated by the South Australian coroner. “She had deep wounds to her hands, arms and face – some of them so deep as to expose muscle,” counsel assisting Amy Cacas told the SA Coroner’s Court in her opening address on Wednesday.

A child protection worker accused of child-sex offences has been granted bail by an Adelaide court. The Barossa Valley man in his 30s is charged with two counts of aggravated indecent assault and two of persistent exploitation of a child. The state Child Development Minister Susan Close said the man had been a government-employed residential care worker.

The Australian Institute of Health and Welfare is facing a s.739 (Application to deal with a dispute) lodged by staffer Hunt with Deputy President Kovacic in the ACT.