A Christchurch woman with power of attorney over an intellectually disabled woman has today admitted stealing more than $110,000 over six years to fund her pokies gambling habit. The 66-year-old problem gambler, who has interim name suppression, had enduring power of attorney over the woman from 1997 to February last year, Christchurch District Court heard. But between May 2009 and February 18 last year, she made 450 fraudulent transactions from the victim’s bank accounts, the police summary of facts says. The majority of the transactions were made at bars, taverns, and gaming establishments around Christchurch, the West Coast of the South Island, and Auckland. In 2013, the woman broke four-term deposits and deposited a bank cheque into her personal bank account. Judge Jane Farish called for a reparation report ahead of sentencing on September 20.
July 5, 2016
A public hospital anaesthetist who was found in a drunken stupor after abandoning a patient mid-operation has been conditionally allowed to return to work just six weeks after the incident. Michal Petr, a senior anaesthetist at Wollongong Hospital, disappeared from the operating theatre on May 20 while his patient was still unconscious, without giving handover instructions to the junior anaesthetist. He had been at the funeral of an anaesthetic nurse earlier that day.
July 5, 2016
JLL has promoted six of its team to Asia Pacific Regional Director. They are the head of Health and Aged Care and Student Accommodation Services, Noral Wild; the head of NSW Valuations & Advisory, Tyrone Hodge; the head of Finance Australia, Kim Hicks; the director of Business Technology, Property & Asset Management, Carolyn Trickett; the Victorian Head of Tenant Representation, Peter Walsh; and the head of Business Transformation, Integrated Facilities management, Phil Clark.
July 5, 2016
The Health Services Union and the Department of Health and Human Services will go toe to toe over a s.739 (Application to deal with a dispute) which will be heard by Fair Work Commissioner Cribb in Court E – Level 6 – in Melbourne at 10am.
July 5, 2016
Western District Health Service has been asked to defend a s.394 (Application for unfair dismissal remedy) lodged by ex-staffer (Gerber).
July 4, 2016
Hepburn Health Service is embroiled in a s.739 (Application to deal with a dispute) before Commissioner Cribb in Conference Room E – Level 6, Melbourne at 2pm (Duclos).
July 4, 2016
Geraldton Regional Aboriginal Medical Service is the respondent in a s.382 (Application to deal with other contravention disputes) initiated by staffer (Gregory).
July 4, 2016
An application for approval of the Council on the Ageing (Victoria) Agreement 2016 (s.185 – Application for approval of a single-enterprise agreement) is before Commissioner Saunders for a decision.
