An application by Victorian Ambulance Union (s.229 – Application for a bargaining order) falls to Commissioner Bissett in Court 5 – Level 6 and Conference Room D – Level 6 in Melbourne for a prompt adjudication.
January 13, 2020
A devoted Royal Melbourne Hospital nurse who was killed in a tree-fall accident is being remembered as a compassionate and kind-hearted worker who went “miles” out of her way for those in need. More than 200 friends, family and strangers packed St Berndan’s Catholic Church Flemington yesterday to pay tribute to Irish nurse Mary-Ellen Molloy, who died when a gum tree came crashing down on a rideshare vehicle she and two friends were in on Kings Way on November 25.
January 13, 2020
A number of buses filled with the elderly were part of a convey evacuating Corryong last Friday, with 37 elderly residents homed at Yarrawonga Health and Numurkah. Yarrawonga Health Chief Executive Officer Elaine Mallows confirmed Yarrawonga had received a number of residents who had to flee the town for their safety. “I can confirm that Yarrawonga Health is receiving aged care residents evacuated from Corryong,” Ms Mallows said. “Yarrawonga Health has staffed up to manage these extra residents and we are coordinating efforts through the Department of Health & Human Services emergency response systems.
January 13, 2020
An aged care worker is WA’s newest millionaire with a winning Saturday Lotto ticket sold from Newsxpress Whitford City worth almost $1.5 million. The woman in her 30s has admitted she only started playing Lotterywest games in the past few months and her decision was swiftly paying off. “I checked the ticket after work and it said I was a winner,” she said. “It didn’t say how much, so I got the retailer to help me check it. “I was in shock when I got home and I just screamed. Even the dog knows I’m a winner now.” A new house, car and holiday make up her winners list, with plans to continue in her role as a carer for the elderly.
January 13, 2020
A man has been charged with kidnapping after an 83-year-old resident of a Sydney aged care facility allegedly ended up in a Melbourne hospital. The 41-year-old is accused of taking the elderly man, who he knew, from the Sutherland facility on November 20. The victim was denied medical care and found two days later in a Melbourne hospital, police say. The accused man was arrested at Mangrove Mountain, on the NSW Central Coast. He was charged with detaining a person and refusing to provide the necessities of life. He was bailed to appear at Sutherland Local Court on January 15.
January 13, 2020
The Tumut Bupa aged care home was evacuated on Friday, with residents taken by bus to Canberra as bushfires threaten whole towns in the South West Slopes region.
January 13, 2020
A men’s sex health doctor who propositioned a patient on gay dating app Grindr, then made him masturbate during an check-up, has been found guilty of professional misconduct. Patients of doctor Conway Lee complained of being violated after he conducted inappropriate sexualised examinations in which he stroked and massaged their penises and made one man masturbate in front of him. Two weeks earlier, in June 2017, that same man had been forced to keep Dr Lee at bay after the pair met accidentally on dating app Grindr. “A photograph was sent through to me, and I immediately identified this person as Dr Lee,” the man told the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal “I made it known to Dr Lee straight away that I was his patient … his response indicated that he knew who I was. Dr Lee and I had a bit of a laugh about our interaction on Grindr. “However Dr Lee then proceeded to make a couple of flirtatious comments.” The man, who told Dr Lee he was home sick, said the doctor repeatedly offered to visit him at home. “I dismissed Dr Lee’s suggestions, however felt somewhat uncomfortable knowing that he had access to my medical records, which could advise him where I lived. I got the impression that this offer from Dr Lee was quite flirtatious, and was more than strictly medical,” he said. “If it were anyone else on this application making suggestions for a house visit, I would without a doubt assume it was a suggestive invitation for something sexual.” The man said on a subsequent visit to Dr Lee the doctor stroked his penis for five minutes. Dr Lee, whose practice focuses on men’s sexual health and HIV medicine, denied any wrongdoing. The matter will return to VCAT to consider any penalties or reprimands to be imposed on Dr Lee.
December 20, 2019
An application for approval of t he Mala’la Health Service Aboriginal Corporation Enterprise Agreement 2019-2023 (s.185 – Application for approval of a single-enterprise agreement) will be determined by Commissioner Booth in chambers in Brisbane today.
