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Leading Age Services Australia has appointed Sean Rooney, a former CEO of the Australian Medicare Local Alliance (AMLA), as its new chief executive officer. He takes over from Patrick Reid, who has been CEO of LASA for the past three years.

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

Plans to move 800 Department of Health staff to a new headquarters could be “disastrous” for the Darwin commercial property market, says the head of Property Council NT. The NT Government announced expressions of interest in either constructing a new building to house staff or refurbishing existing office space for 12,000 square metres.

An application for approval of the Back in Motion Health Group Camberwell 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.

More Indigenous staff are needed at Royal Darwin Hospital (RDH), the Northern Territory’s Aboriginal health worker of the year says. Sarah Bukulatjpi won the NT’s Aboriginal health practitioner of the year award in 2015 for her work on chronic disease, including hepatitis B screening and education.

An application for approval of the Good Samaritan Industries Supported Employees Enterprise Agreement 2016 (s.185 – Application for approval of a single-enterprise agreement) will be heard by Fair Work Commissioner Saunders in his chambers.

The Council on the Ageing WA Inc and a staff member (Millar) will not grow old together. A s.394 (Application for unfair dismissal remedy) has separated them.

St John Ambulance Pty Ltd has decided to offload a staff member (Gilbert) who had become a passenger.