The Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation and Eastern Health are embroiled in a s.739 (Application to deal with a dispute in relation to flexible working arrangements) before Commissioner Cribb in Conference Room E – Level 6 in Melbourne.
September 29, 2016
An application by Health Services Union (s.240 – Application to deal with a bargaining dispute) is the preserve of Commissioner Cribb in Conference Room E – Level 6 in Melbourne today.
September 28, 2016
A carer at a Townsville facility for the mentally disabled has been charged after allegedly being caught in the shower with a woman under his care. Police say the 23-year-old man was caught by other staff at the facility showering with the intellectually impaired 43-year-old woman on Monday. He was charged with indecent dealing of an intellectually impaired person and is due to appear in Townsville Magistrates Court on October 14.
September 28, 2016
Former Fair Work Commission vice-president Michael Lawler has withdrawn legal action against the Employment Minister, just days after claiming he was unfairly treated during an investigation into alleged misconduct during his time in office. The investigation was commissioned after serious criticism was levelled at Mr Lawler for supporting his partner and ex-union boss Kathy Jackson, as she battled fraud allegations from her time at the helm of the Health Services Union. He was on nine months’ sick leave, and still receiving his full $430,000 annual salary. Mr Lawler quit his position in March, less than 24 hours before he was due to respond to the investigation’s findings and a fortnight before Senator Cash tabled it in Parliament. Court documents showed Mr Lawler was calling for a judicial review into the decision to launch the investigation, the conduct of Senator Cash during the course of the investigation, and the decision to table the final report despite Mr Lawler having already resigned from his position. He also admitted that participating in an episode of Four Corners alongside Ms Jackson was an “error of judgment”. A Notice of Discontinuance was filed in the Federal Court on Tuesday. Last week, Senator Cash’s office said Mr Lawler’s application was “misconceived” and would be opposed by the Commonwealth.
September 28, 2016
Police have confirmed that a woman’s body found on a suburban Hobart foreshore is that of a missing elderly retirement village resident. Investigators on Tuesday identified Judith Emery, whose body was found a day earlier at Claremont, less than a day after she was reported missing. “Police have no evidence of suspicious activity but ask that anyone who may have seen an elderly lady in the cliff top area around the Aveo Derwent Waters Retirement Village between Saturday lunchtime and Monday morning to (make) contact,” Detective Inspector Craig Joel said.
September 28, 2016
Police are seeking public assistance as they search for a man missing from an aged care facility on Sydney’s North Shore. Robert ‘Bob’ Coyle, 82, was last seen at the care home at Sailors Bay Road, Northbridge, just after midnight.
September 28, 2016
An elderly man developed gangrene and later died in hospital after staff at a Gold Coast nursing home failed to properly monitor and treat pressure wounds on his buttocks and feet, according to the Aged Care Complaints Commissioner. Zdenek Selir, who was known to friends and family as Danny, moved into the Leamington nursing home in Southport in June 2015 after suffering a stroke. The 88-year-old had minor pressure wounds when he arrived, but the operator of the facility acknowledges his condition deteriorated during his stay. Unsatisfied with the initial response from the nursing home’s operator, Opal Aged Care, Ms Selir referred the matter to the Aged Care Complaints Commissioner. It found in her favour, noting there was “insufficient recording of wound care” and that nursing staff were not “monitoring the wounds consistently” or keeping Mr Selir’s GP up-to-date on his condition. Gary Barnier, managing director of Opal Aged Care, acknowledges mistakes were made, adding that Mr Selir should have been referred to a specialist. “Not only should the registered nurses have paid a bit more attention to the dressing and so forth of the wound, I think, really, it should have been escalated in a more effective way,” he said. “All I can say is how sorry I am that the family feels the way they do.” When asked whether the failure to properly monitor and treat Mr Selir’s wounds hastened his death, Mr Barnier said: “I don’t know enough detail to comment.”
September 28, 2016
Police hold concerns for the welfare of 74-year-old Claremont woman Judith Ann Emery, who has not been seen since Saturday morning. Ms Emery lives in an independent unit at Aveo Derwent Waters Retirement Village, Claremont. On Saturday she was meant to be visiting her partner at a Clydesdale Ave retirement village at Glenorchy but failed to do so.
