A s.604 – (Appeal of decisions) by Rupinderjit Kaur against Hartley Lifecare Incorporated has been refused by Vice President Hatcher, Deputy President Mansini and Commissioner McKinnon in Sydney on 01 December 2020.
December 2, 2020
A s.437 – (Protected action) application sought by the Health Services Union naming the Melbourne City Mission has been granted by Fair Work Deputy President Gostencnik in Melbourne on 30 November 2020.
December 2, 2020
Aruma Services NSW Limited will face a s.394 – (Application for unfair dismissal remedy) in front of Commissioner McKenna (By Telephone) in Sydney (Cotterill).
December 1, 2020
An elderly Vietnam veteran who served as a “tunnel rat” has been jailed for bashing his neighbour, a fellow veteran, at their Cairns retirement village. But Judge Dean Morzone has urged 73-year-old Robert Glenn Speakman to finally get help for the ghosts that have haunted him for 50 years and likely contributed to this attack. Speakman was found guilty of grievous bodily harm against Wayne Maxwell Campbell, also 73, after a jury spent almost two days deliberating following a trial in the Cairns District Court. The court heard Mr Campbell suffered 13 fractures to his ribs, was left with bone fragments floating in his chest cavity and would likely have died if not treated following the assault at Warhaven in Manunda in July 2018. Judge Morzone handed Speakman a four-year jail sentence on Friday with a parole release date in July 2022. But he also spoke of Speakman’s distinguished service to his country as part of the 17th Construction Squadron. “You were surely a hero but you returned to your home country broken,” he said. “It’s time you do your darnedest, that you work through matters that have been too painful.”
December 1, 2020
National peak body for spiritual care and ageing, Meaningful Ageing Australia, has appointed Adam McIntosh to the Board of Directors at the recent organisation’s annual general meeting (AGM).
November 30, 2020
A s.394 (application for unfair dismissal remedy) from Alissa Dodd citing Anglican Aged Care Services Group t/as Benetas has been rejected by Commissioner McKinnon in Melbourne on 25 November 2020. (Application for an unfair dismissal remedy – application dismissed for want of prosecution).
November 30, 2020
Sphere Healthcare Pty Ltd has a s.739 (application to deal with a dispute) with which it must deal before Fair Work Deputy President Cross by telephone in Sydney (Awu).
November 30, 2020
An aged care worker who was given power of attorney over an elderly resident whittled her savings down to only $9000, a court has heard. Kaylene Stanborough, 52, was on Monday sentenced in the County Court after pleading guilty to two charges, including dishonestly obtaining financial advantage for herself and a co-accused. The court heard Stanborough was employed as an administration assistant at Jacaranda Village in Red Cliffs, near Mildura. An elderly resident, who was 88 and 89 during the offending, had complained to the aged care home’s chief executive that her neighbours were taking advantage of her. In response, the chief executive set up a joint power of attorney between herself and Stanborough to manage the resident’s financial affairs. The inclusion of Stanborough was said to be for the sake of transparency. However, Stanborough in late 2015 began transferring money out of the resident’s account. Over 13 days, into early 2016, $27,1000 was removed, said to benefit a co-accused who Stanborough was in a relationship with at the time. Between March 2016 and February 2017, a further $104,969 was removed from the account, with various withdrawals and transfers. For some of the transactions, Stanborough used blank withdrawal forms with the resident’s signature. Withdrawals took place at the Westpac branches in Red Cliffs and Mildura. Money from these transactions ended up in the accounts of both the co-accused, who had since “disappeared”, and Stanborough. The scheme was only uncovered after the resident died in 2017. A solicitor managing the estate made investigations after only about $9000 was left in the resident’s account. Westpac later repaid the money to the estate. The court heard a psychologist described the co-accused as a “controlling and violent partner”. Stanborough was said to be deeply traumatised, requiring extensive treatment and vulnerable to coercion. Her offending was explained as stemming from fear of her partner. Judge Peter Lauritsen accepted this link, but said Stanborough had abused the trust that was placed in her. “Your activities were disgraceful,” Judge Lauritsen said. Stanborough was sentenced to a community corrections order lasting two years and three months, with conditions that she complete 200 hours of unpaid community work and receive mental health treatment.