The Health Services Union and Alfred Health have a s.739 (Application to deal with a dispute) to resolve before Deputy President Clancy in chambers in Melbourne.
February 25, 2020
An application for approval of the Victorian Disability Services (NGO) Agreement 2019 (s.185 – Application for approval of a multi-enterprise agreement) will be determined by Deputy President Booth in Court 11 – Level 5 in Melbourne.
February 25, 2020
An application by Health Services Union (s.236 – Application for a majority support determination) falls to Commissioner McKinnon in Court 8 – Level 6 and Conference Room E – Level 6 in Melbourne for adjudication.
February 25, 2020
Healthscope has a s.739 (Application to deal with a dispute) set for hearing before Commissioner McKinnon in Court 8 – Level 6 and Conference Room E – Level 6 in Melbourne (Akar).
February 25, 2020
Warrina Innisfall and the Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation have a s.576(2)(aa) – Promoting cooperative and productive and productive workplace relations and preventing disputes on foot before Fair Work Commissioner Spencer in chambers in Brisbane.
February 25, 2020
An aged care worker has avoided a conviction for hiding tobacco inside her bra and smuggling it into a Geelong prison. Deanne Sobey, 30, was visiting her partner at Marngoneet Correctional Centre when the incident occurred on March 31 last year. The Geelong Magistrates’ Court heard prison authorities caught the woman in the act as she handed two small balloons containing tobacco to her partner, who was serving a sentence at the jail. The man swallowed one of the packages before guards swooped on the pair and searched Sobey, who was found with a further four balloons on her body. Sobey pleaded guilty on Monday to a charge of attempting to introduce tobacco to a prison. Defence lawyer Ronald Davis said his client was pressured to smuggle the tobacco at hands of her partner, who was a long-term smoker. “He put quite a bit of force on her and she felt compelled,” Mr Davis said. “She knows that it was wrong.” The court heard the incident led to the man being moved to another prison, while Sobey was banned from visiting him. Mr Davis urged the court to spare Sobey a conviction amid concerns about the effect it could have on her employment within the aged care industry. Magistrate Peter Mellas said the offending was serious, but noted Sobey had pleaded guilty and did not have a prior criminal record. He chose not to impose a conviction as he fined Sobey $1000. “You need to think very long and hard about what happened here,” Mr Mellas said.
February 25, 2020
RSLWA chief executive John McCourt was punched in the head and called a racist by a stranger on Friday night as anger over a new Anzac Day policy turned violent. Mr McCourt yesterday described the last 24 hours as “the worst of my life” — as RSLWA continues to get roasted over a new policy that discourages the organisation’s 130 branches from holding Acknowledgement of Country services and flying the Aboriginal flag at Anzac Day and Remembrance Day services. “I was accosted on my way home last night,” the 65-year-old said.
February 24, 2020
A s.185 (Enterprise agreement) application from St Vincent de Paul Society Queensland for the St Vincent De Paul Society Queensland Employee Agreement 2020 (Social, community, home care and disabilities services) has been approved by Deputy President Saunders in Newcastle on 21 February 2020.
