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An application for approval of the Corpus Christi Community Greenvale Inc Health and Allied Services Enterprise Agreement 2016 (s.185 – Application for approval of a single-enterprise agreement) will be considered by Fair Work Commissioner Johns.

An application for approval of the Bentleys Aged Care Enterprise Agreement 2016 (s.185 – Application for approval of a single-enterprise agreement) will be analysed by Fair Work Commissioner Lee in his Melbourne chambers.

The Health Services Union and Austin Health are embroiled in a s.739 (Application to deal with a dispute).

A nursing director has denied she was attempting to cover up the death of a dementia patient when she told her staff not to immediately call the police. Charles McCulloch, 94, was admitted to the secure dementia ward of Narrabundah’s Jindalee Aged Care Residence on 20 January, 2012, after being transferred between various NSW facilities. One day later, he was dead, bashed by another resident and discovered in his bed by staff early in the morning. Jindalee’s response to the death has raised a number of concerns, which are currently being explored in an inquest before the ACT Coroner’s Court.

An application for approval of the Southern Cross Care (Broken Hill), NSWNMA and The Broken Hill Town Employees’ Union Enterprise Agreement 2015-2017 (s.185 – Application for approval of a single-enterprise agreement) will be heard by Commissioner Cribb in his Melbourne chambers.

A nursing director has denied she was attempting to cover up the death of a dementia patient when she told her staff not to immediately call the police. Charles McCulloch, 94, was admitted to the secure dementia ward of Narrabundah’s Jindalee Aged Care Residence on 20 January, 2012, after being transferred between various NSW facilities. One day later, he was dead, bashed by another resident and discovered in his bed by staff early in the morning. Jindalee’s response to the death has raised a number of concerns, which are currently being explored in an inquest before the ACT Coroner’s Court.

The Health Services Union and Eastern Health are contesting a s.739 (application to deal with a dispute) before Fair Work Commissioner Cribb in Melbourne.

Yarra Ranges Council has gagged its nurses, threatening with disciplinary action for speaking to the media amid striking and other industrial action over their enterprise agreement.