Victorian Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation Inc. has a s.372 (Application to deal with other contravention disputes) on foot before Fair Work Commissioner McKinnon in Court 4- Level 6 and Conference Room C – Level 6 in Melbourne (Johnson).
July 1, 2019
The residential care manager of Tin Can Bay’s only aged care facility, Residency by Dillons, Mrs Goodall is to retire.
July 1, 2019
Police have charged a woman over a series of alleged robberies targeting elderly nursing home residents on the Sunshine Coast. Among them, according to police, was a 91-year-old woman who was abducted from her retirement home, robbed and left to spend a night disorientated when she was unable to find her way home. It will be alleged the same offender two weeks later targeted a random 94-year-old woman at another retirement home and accused her of kidnapping her child before robbing her. Police said the accused coerced the 91-year-old woman into her car at a Maroochydore retirement village on June 13, drove her to an ATM and forced her to hand over money. It will be alleged she dropped the elderly woman back near her home, but she became lost and spent almost two weeks in hospital recovering from dehydration after she was found the next morning.. Police will allege the same offender On June 27 tried to convince a 94-year-old woman at Immanuel Gardens Retirement Living and Aged Care in Buderim that the pair knew each other.
July 1, 2019
A bankrupt Melbourne barrister who ran a complex $52 million tax avoidance scheme and appointed an elderly friend with dementia as a director of one of his companies has had his four-year ban from the legal profession upheld. Tax specialist Alan Sandbach, a former board member of a prestigious private girls’ school, had his ban from the Bar Council affirmed by The Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal after he failed to appear despite launching the challenge.
July 1, 2019
A leading Geelong plastic surgeon has had his medical licence suspended for three months after having sex with a patient. Dr Ian Holten, a former Victorian Australian of the Year finalist, drove the woman to the Geelong Yacht Club, climbed over a locked fence, and drank alcohol in his 50 foot yacht before having sex. He also admitted a second charge of failing to maintain professional boundaries that should exist between a medical practitioner and their patient after sending the woman 265 text messages over nine months in 2013. Dr Holten is the founder of Australian Skin Face Body Clinics which has clinics in Geelong, Ballarat, Warrnambool and Horsham. In a VCAT action taken by the Medical Board of Australia, Dr Holten was alleged to have had a three-year relationship with the woman, known as Ms P, between July 2011 and January 2014. During that period, he provided cosmetic and surgical services to the woman on 10 occasions. On the night of January 11, 2014, Dr Holten contacted Ms P and arranged to meet her outside a hotel, which Ms P says was the Torquay Hotel. Dr Holten drove Ms P 30 minutes to a nearby yacht club, which Ms P said was in Geelong, where they climbed the fence as the gate was locked. After drinking alcohol on Dr Holten’s yacht, which Ms P said was called Akatea (Maori for At Midday), the pair had sex. Allegations that Dr Holten failed to maintain professional boundaries included inappropriate communication with Ms P and failing to charge her for treatment. In a statement, Dr Holten acknowledged the finding. “As per the finding of VCAT, in 2014 I behaved in a way that constitutes professional misconduct by engaging in a one-off intimate indiscretion with a social acquaintance to whom I provided minor cosmetic procedures,” he said. “That was a serious error that I deeply regret. “I am sorry for this lapse of judgment and apologise to all concerned.” Dr Holten said he would continue to reflect upon his actions, which were totally out of character in an otherwise unblemished career. “I am currently looking at avenues for appeal but want to assure my patients that they will receive quality and timely care from my colleagues during my absence,” he said. “I certainly look forward to putting this matter behind me and continuing my practice and also my volunteer work in Australia and Vanuatu.”
July 1, 2019
A care worker has been jailed after subjecting a profoundly disabled man to repeated rape ordeals at a residential home. Steven Watson, 64, preyed on the victim, who requires 24-hour round the clock care, while employed as a relief support worker with a disability charity.
July 1, 2019
A s.185 (Enterprise agreement) application by Advocare Inc. for the Advocare Enterprise Agreement 2019 (Social, community, home care and disability services) has been ratified by Fair Work Deputy President Millhouse, in Melbourne, on 20 June 2019.
July 1, 2019
Rare Disorders NZ has confirmed the appointment of Lisa Foster as Chief Executive.
