An elderly patient was stabbed in the face and three nurses wounded after a woman stole a pair of scissors and lashed out at staff inside a Sydney hospital. NSW Police said a 29-year-old woman was being treated at Royal Prince Alfred Hospital in Camperdown about 8:30pm when she became “agitated” and began hitting the wall of her room. Police said the woman grabbed scissors from a nurse’s pocket and stabbed her twice in the back. Two nurses who attempted to intervened sustained cuts to their arms. The 29-year-old then went into a neighbouring room, where she allegedly stabbed a 75-year-old woman, a patient of the hospital, in the face. Hospital security, doctors and nurses managed to restrain and sedate the woman before police arrived. It is the second attack at RPA in four months, after a woman allegedly stabbed another patient with a kitchen knife in January. The general secretary of the NSW Nurses and Midwives’ Association, Brett Holmes, called for a “full investigation” into the violent incident. “This is a terrible situation… no nurse begins their shift anticipating to suffer injuries on the job,” he said.
May 7, 2019
A s.394 (Unfair dismissal) application by Peter Hanson citing the FMC Mediation and Counselling Victoria T/A Better Place Australia has been rejected by Fair Work Commissioner McKinnon in Melbourne on 30 April 2019.
May 7, 2019
The Australian Municipal, Administrative, Clerical and Services Union and the Aboriginal Legal Service (NSW/ACT) Limited have a s.739 (Application to deal with a dispute) on foot before Fair Work Commissioner Johns in his NSW chambers today.
May 7, 2019
An application for termination of the Sigma Services Group Pty Ltd Enterprise Agreement 2013-2017 (s.225 – Application for termination of an enterprise agreement after its nominal expiry date) will be heard by Deputy President Saunders at Level 3, 237 Wharf Road, in Newcastle (10am).
May 7, 2019
Homecare Assistance is battling a s.394 (Application for unfair dismissal remedy) before Fair Work Commissioner Cambridge in Hearing Room 12-1 – Level 12 in Sydney (Hanna).
May 6, 2019
An elderly man has been charged with murder after a woman aged in her 80s was found dead at an aged care home in Melbourne’s east. Detectives are now investigating after police were called to Martin Luther Homes on Mount View Road in The Basin at 12.40pm, where the body of the woman had been found. “A man, aged in his 80s, was arrested at the scene,” police said in a statement. He is believed to be known to the woman. Police are treating the death as a homicide. The not-for-profit facility, operated by the German Lutheran Trinity Church, won an aged-care award last year and “offers aged-care services to German, other European and Australian residents,” according to its website.
May 6, 2019
A Brisbane surgeon being investigated over sexual and professional misconduct allegations has called for an apology from the MP who revealed the claims in state parliament. Dr William Braun wants the right to respond after Liberal National Party MP Ros Bates used parliamentary privilege to table letters in which medical practitioners made a range of complaints about him. He has now accused Ms Bates of misleading parliament by not contacting him first to verify the claims, and has called for her to apologise. “The tabling of these documents and your parliamentary speeches concerning me has caused irreparable damage to my professional and personal reputation, damaged my surgical practice … and caused significant concern to me and my family,” Dr Braun wrote in a letter to Ms Bates on Monday. “At no point (did) you ever extended the courtesy by making an attempt to contact me to ascertain the accuracy of these anonymous allegations and ensure the information you tabled was truthful and not misleading to the parliament. “In my view, the material you tabled contained serious misrepresentations and/or omissions that has misled the parliament.” In February, Ms Bates told parliament complaints from medical practitioners and drug company representatives were ignored by government agencies and regulatory bodies. She says she felt it was her duty to raise their claims. “Several patients and doctors have expressed their relief that these matters are finally being taken seriously and are under investigation,” she said on Tuesday. Their allegations included that Dr Braun inappropriately touched female colleagues and invited them to engage in sex acts with him, told women they wouldn’t make good surgeons, and physically intimidated staff. Those claims are being investigated by the state’s health department and the health ombudsman. Dr Braun has also written to parliamentary Speaker Curtis Pitt, asking to tell parliament his side of the story.
May 1, 2019
Civic Disability Services Limited must face a s.394 (Application for unfair dismissal remedy) before Fair Work Deputy President Bull in Conference Room 14A and 14B – Level 14 in Sydney (Girgis).
