A s.604 (Appeal of decisions) by Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation against Uniting Church in Australia Property Trust (Q); Australian Workers Union and the United Workers Union has been agreed in part. Deputy President Gostencnik, Deputy President Masson and Commissioner Lee in Melbourne on 3 March 2020 said “We are satisfied that it is in the public interest that permission to appeal be granted in respect of ground 3 of the notice of appeal because the ANMF has made out an arguable case of appealable error in respect of that ground and because there is appealable error as we have identified. We consider there is public interest in ensuring that the agreement approval requirements about which the Commission must be satisfied are properly considered and administered. We therefore grant permission to appeal in respect of ground 3.”
March 5, 2020
A s.185 (Enterprise agreement) application from Ramsay Health Care Australia Pty Ltd T/A Hollywood Private Hospital, Joondalup Health Campus, Attadale Private Hospital and Glengarry Private Hospital for the Ramsay Health Care WA Registered Nurses and Midwives Agreement 2019 has been approved by Commissioner Yilmaz in Melbourne on 25 February 2020.
March 5, 2020
A s.185 (Enterprise agreement) application from Community Vision Australia Limited T/A Community Vision for the Community Vision Australia Disability and Aged Care Agreement 2019 (Social, community, home care and disability services) has been ratified by Commissioner Johns in Sydney on 26 February 2020.
March 4, 2020
Professor Michael Kidd AM has been appointed as Principal Medical Advisor to the Department of Health and Professor of Primary Care Reform at The Australian National University (ANU).
March 4, 2020
Community assistance and support organisation IRT Foundation has announced a rebrand with a new name and renewed focus as Age Matters.
March 4, 2020
An elderly man allegedly forged predatory friendships with two much older men in two different Hinchinbrook nursing homes before sexually abusing them, Ingham Police investigators said today. Ingham Police Detective Senior Sergeant Andrew Bye said that the accused, 72, was arrested at his Hinchinbrook home this morning. The man has been charged with three counts of sexual assault and three counts of serious assault of a person aged over 60.
March 4, 2020
Commonwealth of Australia trading as the Department of Human Services is up against a s.394 (Application for unfair dismissal remedy) before Deputy President Colman in chambers in Melbourne (Graham).
March 4, 2020
Bourke Aboriginal Health Services Ltd is facing a s.394 (Application for unfair dismissal remedy) before Commissioner McKenna in Hearing Room 12-2 – Level 12 in Sydney at 3pm (Knight).
