An application by Health Services Union (s.240 – Application to deal with a bargaining dispute) will be assessed by Fair Work Commissioner Cribb.
May 17, 2016
At least four nurses and one security guard have been allegedly assaulted by a patient and his family members during a brawl at Queensland’s largest public hospital. Police claim a female nurse was punched in the arm and kicked in the back of the head at the Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital (RBWH) around 3:00pm on Sunday. It is alleged two male nurses suffered cuts and abrasions during the melee while a security officer sustained a fractured elbow.
May 17, 2016
A non-publication order on a Families SA supervisor who promoted paedophile carer Shannon McCoole and allegedly called a whistleblower a bitch, has been revoked by the Child Protection Systems Royal Commission. Lee Michael Norman, 33, is facing criminal charges in the Adelaide Magistrates Court and the commission heard he had been suspended with pay from the child protection agency since his arrest in June 2015. He is charged with dishonestly taking property without consent and dishonest dealings with documents, alleged to have been committed in May 2015 at Aldinga Beach.
May 17, 2016
A security guard has died in Gympie Hospital, north of Brisbane, shortly after he tried to restrain a mental health patient. The 46-year-old man died after the incident, which occurred in the hospital’s emergency department about 11:30am on Sunday.
May 17, 2016
Eight nursing students from Thailand are being introduced to the world of aged care nursing in Australia at Mercy Place Mandurah.
May 17, 2016
The Fair Work Commission has approved the Psychiatric Disability Services of Victoria (VICSERV) Employment Agreement 2015-2018.
May 17, 2016
Townsville’s former Labor mayor Tony Mooney has been appointed to the Townsville Hospital and Health Service Board.
May 17, 2016
The Fair Work Commission has ruled that Anna Pendelich has failed ‘procedurally’ to prosecute her unfair dismissal case against Lyrebird Villages for the Aged Inc.
