The longest-serving secretary of the federal Department of Health, Jane Halton, has resigned from the Australian public service, two years after taking up a job as secretary of the Department of Finance.
September 19, 2016
The car crushed by an express train at a Surrey Hills level crossing was not trying to evade boom gates and had its reverse lights on moments before it was hit, eyewitnesses say. The two elderly women, Denise Dobbyn and Carmel Iseppi, were neighbours in a Camberwell retirement village. The women, aged 73 and 71, died on Wednesday when their small black Hyundai was hit by a train travelling at 80km/h at a Surrey Hills level crossing.
September 19, 2016
The NSW health minister is concerned reports that paramedics arriving at work drunk will tarnish the service’s reputation, despite Deputy Premier Troy Grant saying he still trusts our “local heroes”. Stressed paramedics are reportedly taking opiates and administering drips to themselves to get through shifts. Health Minister Jillian Skinner said she was happy to consider anything that could help struggling paramedics, and admitted she was worried about the state ambulance service’s reputation.
September 19, 2016
Disability services provider Yooralla is on the hunt for a new chief information officer after the resignation of the organisation’s current IT chief, Michael Estcourt.
September 19, 2016
A man and a woman have been charged with a string of offences after allegedly stealing a handbag from an aged care nurse who devoted her life to helping others as as she lay dying after an horrific accident at North Gosford. Police allege the pair then went on a shopping spree with the victim’s credit cards.
September 19, 2016
Lane Cove Retirement Units Association Ltd is fighting a s.394 (Application for unfair dismissal remedy) implemented by an ex-staffer (Allan).
September 19, 2016
The New South Wales Nurses and Midwives’ Association and Estia Investments Pty Ltd have a s.739 (Application to deal with a dispute) before Fair Work Commissioner McKenna in Hearing Room 12-2 – Level 12 in Sydney.
September 19, 2016
Community Services #1 Incorporated will fight a s.394 (Application for unfair dismissal remedy) lodged by a disaffected Robertson.
