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The boss of Yarra Council has resigned to take up a key social housing position with the City of Melbourne. Yarra’s chief executive officer Vijaya Vaidyanath has been in the job since 2012, and before that was CEO of councils in New Zealand.

St Vincent’s Hospital (Melbourne) Limited will fight a s.394 (application for unfair dismissal remedy) before Fair Work Commissioner Bisset (by telephone AEDT) in Melbourne (Nutter).

DPG Service Pty Ltd T/A Opal Health Care – Kawana Waters Care Community will defend a s.394 (application for unfair dismissal remedy) in front of Commissioner Spencer in Chambers in Brisbane (Conway).

Life Care (Vic) Residential Care Pty Ltd is facing a s.394 (application for unfair dismissal remedy) before Deputy President Masson (video using Microsoft Teams) at 4pm in Melbourne (Zhang).

Newcastle Private Hospital by Healthscope has a s.372 (application to deal with other contravention disputes) on foot before Deputy President Saunders at Level 3, 237 Wharf Road, Newcastle (Abrego).

James Milson Retirement Village has a brace of s.739 (application to deal with a dispute) with which it must deal before Commissioner Matheson (by telephone AEST NSW Time) in Sydney (Grass/Siolaa).

St George Aboriginal Housing Company Limited & Osborne has a s.365 (application to deal with a contraventions involving dismissal) to answer before Deputy President Lake by telephone (QLD Time) at 9am today (Wilson)

Nationally lauded and award-winning community leader Gail Ker OAM, CEO of Access Community Services Limited, is to retire effective December 31, 2021. Over the past 20 years, Ms Ker’s vast industry experience and expertise in the Australian multicultural, humanitarian and community sectors has seen her change countless lives for the better. Under her leadership, Access has grown from a one room youth employment service in Logan, Brisbane, into one of Australia’s leading organisations for refugees and migrants, providing settlement, employment, training, youth support, housing and social enterprise services. Ms Ker is a recognised thought leader in needs-based community planning, innovative business models, social cohesion, strategic partnerships, employment pathways, funding opportunities and strategic direction. She has led nearly 300 staff in pursuit of the vision to create social, cultural and economic experiences and opportunities that transform the lives of individuals and communities. Access Community Services is a community-based, not-for-profit organisation committed to community development and capacity building, delivering services across Queensland.