After missing out on the top job at National Australia Bank, Craig Drummond, the incoming boss of Medibank Private, is set to receive a handy pay rise, even as the company grapples with mounting pressure to cut its own costs and rein in rising charges from health care providers. Medibank Private announced Mr Drummond would take up the role on July 4, replacing outgoing chief executive George Savvides. Mr Savvides took home $2 million in the year to June 2015, with a base salary of $1 million topped up by $303,000 of short-term incentives, $602,147 of performance rights, and other sundry entitlements.
March 30, 2016
An application for approval of the Australia Red Cross Blood Service Victorian Medical Officers and Specialists Enterprise Agreement 2015 (s.185 – application for approval of a single-enterprise agreement) is under review by Fair Work Commissioner Lee in Melbourne.
March 30, 2016
Gold Coast University Hospital staff embroiled in a fraud scandal have been allowed to return to work. Five doctors, a nurse and an administration employee from the hospital’s cardiology unit are accused of making fraudulent patient referrals worth hundreds of thousands of dollars. They were stood down with full pay last month while an independent investigation was carried out. Gold Coast Health Service chief executive Ron Calvert said the investigator had finished the report, which will be considered by the Crime and Corruption Commission.
March 30, 2016
The ACT Government as represented by the Health Directorate is faced with a s.739 (application to deal with a dispute) filed in the Fair Work Commission in Melbourne (Burdack).
March 30, 2016
Police are searching for thieves who stole a car from a retirement village – but ended up dumping the vehicle inside the complex because they couldn’t get past the security gate. The incident occurred at the Winzor Retirement Estate in Adelaide.
March 30, 2016
The New South Wales Nurses and Midwives’ Association and the Australia Hospital Administration Pty Limited are in a s.739 (application to deal with a dispute) street fight.
March 30, 2016
An application for approval of the Back in Motion Health Group Aspendale Gardens Enterprise Agreement 2015 (s.185 – application for approval of a single-enterprise agreement) is being perused by Fair Work Commissioner Lee.
March 30, 2016
First Health Medical Centre is facing a s.372 (application to deal with other contravention disputes) lodged by a staff member (Millist).
