NEWS-HR

Western Sydney Local Health District is facing a s.372 (Application to deal with other contravention disputes) contest in front of Vice President Catanzariti in chambers (by telephone) in Sydney (Stewart).

Department of Human Services & Randall have a s.394 (Application for unfair dismissal remedy) set for adjudication before Deputy President Cross in Hearing Room 14-1 – Level 14 in Sydney (Merhi).

Ozcare is to face a s.394 (Application for unfair dismissal remedy) to be ruled upon by Deputy President Lake in chambers in Brisbane (Pinder).

An application for approval of the Australian College of Nursing Enterprise Agreement 2020-2024 (s.185 – Application for approval of a single-enterprise agreement) will be determined by Deputy President Cross in chambers in Sydney.

A s.185 (Enterprise agreement) application from the Australian College of Nursing Ltd for its Australian College of Nursing Enterprise Agreement 2020-2024 has been ratified by Deputy President Cross in Sydney on 9 April 2020.

Stockland Development Pty Limited has a s.394 (Application for unfair dismissal remedy) to answer before Deputy President Asbury in chambers in Brisbane (Hughes).

An elderly man accused of murder has had his case put off for six months because lawyers can’t secure a mental health report any sooner. Ronald George Sparkes, 89, is accused of murdering his 87-year-old wife Margaret Sparkes in a retirement village at The Basin, in Melbourne’s southeast, last May. He was initially being held in custody, but his lawyer told Melbourne Magistrates Court on Thursday that he was now on bail and living in a nursing home. She said he had become “very unwell” in custody and had been hospitalised for physical and mental health issues, prompting his release. Magistrate Donna Bakos said Sparkes’ case should be handed straight to the Supreme Court, bypassing the usual committal stage in the lower court. That has occurred in a large number of cases as courts try to work around coronavirus-related delays. But the case will instead return to the Magistrates Court in late-September because Sparkes’ lawyers are waiting for a report from Forensicare, a forensic mental health care group. The court heard the organisation is closed and staff have been doing remote assessments and interviews, which has created a six-month delay. Ms Bakos ordered Sparkes to appear in court, either in person or by video, in September.

Helping Hand Aged Care has a s.394 (Application for unfair dismissal remedy) with which it must deal before Deputy President Anderson in chambers in Adelaide (Watson).