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The Trustees of the Society of St Vincent De Paul (SW) are wrestling with a s.372 (Application to deal with other contravention disputes) served on them by Pacelli.

An application for approval of the Complete Nursing and Home Care Enterprises Agreement 2016 (s.185 – Application for approval of a single-enterprise agreement) is before Fair Work Commission Saunders in his Sydney chambers.

Moree Aged & Disability Services Inc (MADS) is defending a s.372 (Application to deal with other contravention disputes) lodged by O’Neile.

Nursing staff from Dubbo Base Hospital will hold a stop-work meeting to address a shortage of frontline staff at the central western NSW facility. The hospital is currently running below staffing base minimum with 27 full-time vacancies, the NSW Nurses and Midwives’ Association (NSWNMA) says.

The Australian Municipal, Administrative, Clerical and Services Union and Community Accommodation and Respite Agency Inc are fighting a s.739 (Application to deal with a dispute) in Adelaide.

A Brisbane nurse accused of raping and indecently treating a boy, 14, has been found not guilty of all 11 charges against him. Anthony Gillespie, 31, had pleaded not guilty to 10 charges of indecent treatment of a child and one charge of rape.

Nardy House has persuaded the Fair Work Commission that it cocked up the work status of John Perry. But instead of walking away with the win, Vice President Watson, Senior Deputy President Drake and Commissioner Johns said they are going to start the case again from ‘scratch’.

The Department of Ageing, Disability and Home Care has been ordered to pay Paul Andrew Virtue the sum of $953.11 per week for the period 20 August 2015 to 1 November 2015 pursuant to s.37 1987 Act. The order was made by the NSW Workers Compensation Commission. Mr Virtue suffered an injury on 22 September 2013 in the course of his employment as a carer when he twisted his right knee whilst assisting a patient. Mr Virtue had previously taken sick leave for a psychological condition.