Relatives of 11 nursing home patients who died after carer Roger Dean lit two fires can rest assured he will die in jail. The mass murderer lost his bid to challenge his life sentences in the High Court. Before losing his challenge in the NSW Court of Criminal Appeal last December, some relatives had described the great stress they suffered every time the matter resurfaced in a courtroom. The then 37-year-old, a registered nurse for 15 years, pleaded guilty to murdering the patients at Quaker’s Hill nursing home in Sydney’s west in November, 2011. He lit two fires after discovering police were investigating his theft of 200 prescription pills from the home. He received 11 life sentences in 2013. His barrister Tim Game SC argued various grounds in the High Court, including criticising “the structure” of the sentence imposed. But Kara Shead, for the Crown, submitted that after taking into account the evidence in this case — no matter what processes were involved — “no other conclusion could have been reached”. The two judges, sitting in Sydney, refused to give him the go-ahead to appeal, concluding there would be no prospects that a challenge would be successful.
November 18, 2016
An application by Health Services Union (s.240 – Application to deal with a bargaining dispute) is being considered by Commissioner Cribb in Conference Room E & F – Level 6 in Melbourne at 10am.
November 18, 2016
Mackay Hospital Health Servic is to defend a s.773 (Application to deal with an unlawful termination dispute) initiated by ex-staffer (Elliot).
November 18, 2016
Mater Misericordiae Health Services Brisbane Limited is facing a s.739 (Application to deal with a dispute) launched by a staff member (Stewart).
November 17, 2016
Phizikalhealth Services Pty Ltd has put Olesen out to pasture and a s.394 (Application for unfair dismissal remedy) is the result.
November 17, 2016
Health Communication Network is up against a s.739 (Application to deal with a dispute) instigated by Davidson.
November 17, 2016
The Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation and Alfred Health are in a s.739 (Application to deal with a dispute) face off before Commissioner Cribb in Conference Room E & H – Level 6 in Melbourne at 12.30.
November 17, 2016
An application for approval of the St Kilda Community Housing Ltd Enterprise Agreement 2016 (s.185 – Application for approval of a single-enterprise agreement) will be determined by Commissioner Saunders in the Fair Work Commission Terrace Tower 80 William Street East Sydney.
