NEWS-HR

A community nurse has allegedly been punched and kicked repeatedly while on the ground while responding to a house call in the remote Northern Territory community of Wadeye.

A former Child, Youth and Family caregiver and alternative medicine practitioner has been found guilty on 52 charges of sexual abuse against eight teenagers in his care. It took a jury of six women and six men 16 hours of deliberating to find Frank Russell Walmsley guilty of most of the charges against him.

An application for approval of the Corpus Christi Community Greenvale Inc Nurses Enterprise Agreement 2016 (s.185 – Application for approval of a single-enterprise agreement) will be analysed by Fair Work Commissioner Roe in his Melbourne chambers.

An application by Health Services Union (s.318 – Application for an order relating to instruments covering new employer and transferring employees) will be determined by Fair Work Deputy President Hamilton in Melbourne.

The Salvation Army Australia Southern Territory is facing a s.394 (Application for unfair dismissal remedy) lodged by a very unhappy staffer (Sager).

Beaumont Care Pty Ltd has peeved off a staffer (Robertson) and a s.739 (Application to deal with a dispute) is the outcome.

The Ethnic Communities Council of Queensland has a s.372 (Application to deal with other contravention disputes) bubbling before Fair Work Commissioner Booth at the behest of a staff member (Sutherland).

Southern Cross Group Services has upset a staffer (Grobbelaar) and a s.739 (Application to deal with a dispute) is the consequence.