Bellambi Neighbourhoos Centre Inc is up against a s.394 (Application for unfair dismissal) to be heard before Commissioner Jones in Court 2 – Level 6 in Melbourne.
October 4, 2016
Resident doctors have threatened a nationwide strike in pursuit of demands for what their union says are “safer rosters and safer hours”. New Zealand’s resident doctors – ranging from junior house officers through to senior trainee specialists – are at the heart of medical care in public hospitals. Strikes by them cause major disruption. The planned strike will be a complete withdrawal of labour from 7am on Tuesday October 18 until 7am on Thursday October 20. All 20 district health boards will be affected by the action by members of the Resident Doctors Association.
October 4, 2016
THE “urgent” review into remote nurse safety ordered after the death of Gayle Woodford is still to see the light of day. More than six months have passed since Ms Woodford was allegedly lured from her home late at night, abducted in an ambulance and then brutally killed and buried near the South Australian community of Fregon. The death sparked outrage across Australia among remote nurses, who demanded better safety conditions. Within days the Northern Territory Health Department began what then-Chief Minister Adam Giles said was an “urgent and priority review” to address Territory nurse concerns. One of these was the lack of GPS devices in ambulances, which in Ms Woodford’s SA case helped lead police to her body and alleged killer. Still not a single device has been fitted to remote Territory ambulances. Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation NT branch senior organiser Angela Phillips said the review had stalled.
October 4, 2016
A BULLDOGS fan who suffered a heart attack at Saturday’s MCG blockbuster may not have survived if not for his determination to see their Grand Final berth. The ground’s ready access to a defibrillator and the quick-thinking of an off-duty paramedic are being credited with saving 64-year-old Rob McCarthy’s life. The retirement village caretaker slumped in his seat without warning at 5.06pm, an off-duty paramedic sitting nearby finding Mr McCarthy had no pulse and dragging him into the aisle to perform CPR which continued for about fifteen minutes.
October 4, 2016
Three applications by Regis Aged Care Pty Ltd (s.318 – Application for an order relating to instruments covering new employer and transferring employees) will all be heard by fair work Commissioner Simpson in conference room A in Brisbane.
October 4, 2016
A Victorian family is calling for an inquiry into the aged care industry after their 89-year-old grandmother suffered second degree burns from a bowl of scalding water. Laurel James sat on her bed at the John Curtin nursing home in Ballarat when the bed bath filled with boiling water spilled over her, burning some of her skin off. Ms James’ daughter Glenda Hipwell has called for a higher level of training for staff at aged care homes, along with sanctions for facilities that don’t comply with regulations.
October 4, 2016
An application for approval of the Mayo Home Nursing Service and Hunter Nursing Nurses and Support Services Enterprise agreement (s.185 – Application for approval of a single-enterprise agreement) will be heard by Commissioner Saunders in his Sydney chambers today.
October 4, 2016
The Tasmanian Government’s move to enforce mandatory sentences for assaults on frontline workers like paramedics and child protection workers has been labelled by unions as “window dressing”. The Government will introduce legislation later this month which will set a minimum sentence of six months in jail for anyone found guilty of seriously assaulting a frontline worker. The laws already exist for assaults on police officers, but no one has been sentenced under them.
