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The Seventh-day Adventist Aged Care (Victoria) Ltd entity is battling a s.394 (Application for unfair dismissal remedy) in front of Commissioner Harper-Greenwell in Court 5 – Level 6 and Conference Room D – Level 6 in Melbourne at 1pm (Woods).

Bluecross Community & Residential Services will argue a s.394 (Application for unfair dismissal remedy) allegation before Deputy President Mansini in Court 4 – Level 6 and Conference Room C – Level 6 in Melbourne (Grewal).

A Rotorua retirement village resident has died in hospital after being hit by a car last week. Emergency services were called to Hilda St in Fenton Park on Wednesday about 1.50pm. One patient was taken to Rotorua Hospital and died the following morning. The person was a resident of Glenbrae Village Resthome and Hospital, which is owned by Arvida. Police are investigating and the rest home “will conduct an investigation once the initial grieving process is over,” Arvida group spokesman Tristan Saunders said. The victim, who lived in a serviced apartment, died with family at their bedside, Saunders said. He said “the vehicle wasn’t going fast, but the resident was hit and injured” on the afternoon of January 8. “It’s a tragic event. We are very sad to have lost one of our residents.” He said Arvida chief executive Bill McDonald visited the facility on Monday to express his condolences.

Residents at a Gold Coast aged care home been evacuated after a fire broke out in the building. Firefighters arrived at Kirrahaven Residential Care Centre in Coolangatta about 1pm after fire alarms went off. A Queensland Fire and Emergency spokeswoman said there was “a small fire in a storage cupboard”. Crews ventilated the building before leaving. It is understood no one was injured. Queensland Police and Queensland Fire and Emergency Service are investigating.

A s.185 (Enterprise agreement) application from Specialist Diagnostic Services Pty Ltd T/A Laverty Pathology for the Specialist Diagnostic Services Pty Ltd (SDS) T/A Laverty Pathology (NSW and ACT) Enterprise Agreement 2019 has been approved by Fair Work Commissioner Johns in Sydney on 14 January 2020.

Dr Suresh Rajapaksa is facing a s.394 (Application for unfair dismissal remedy) in front of Commissioner Platt in Conference Room 6a – Level 6 in Adelaide (Kies).

A retired remote area doctor who worked with murdered outback nurse Gayle Woodford has told a coronial inquest that Fregon was the most violent community she had ever worked in. Mrs Woodford’s body was found in a shallow grave near Fregon in South Australia’s remote Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara (APY) Lands in March 2016. Mrs Woodford had worked as a nurse with Nganampa Health Council (NHC) for nearly five years and was on call the night she was killed.

A female paramedic has been taken to hospital after being kicked unconscious by a burglar breaking into a St John ambulance station north of Auckland. The woman had just returned alone to the Warkworth ambulance station on Brown Rd at about 11.30pm last night after finishing treating a patient. St John director of operations Norma Lane said the intruder then attacked her and kicked her unconscious. “The paramedic was able to signal for St John Clinical Communications and police support before being rendered unconscious,” Lane said. She was taken to North Shore hospital in a moderate condition before being discharged this morning. “This is a despicable and unacceptable act on our colleague,” Lane said.