A man missing from an aged care facility in Sydney’s south west has been found safe and well. The 65-year-old was last seen leaving the facility on Northumberland Road, Auburn, about 9am (Wednesday 20 March 2019). He was reported missing to police by a carer about 11pm, when he failed to return to the facility. Officers from Auburn Police Area Command commenced inquiries. About 11.15am (Saturday 23 March 2019), the 65-year-old man was located in Ermington safe and well.
March 25, 2019
Healthscope Operations Pty Ltd will defend a s.372 (Application to deal with other contravention disputes) in front of Fair Work Commissioner Yilmaz in Court 5 & Conference Room D – Level 6 in Melbourne (D’Cruz).
March 25, 2019
A s.185 (Enterprise agreement) application from MECWA T/A Mecwacare for the MECWA (Trading as MECWACARE), ANMF and HSU Enterprise Agreement 2018 has been granted by Fair Work Deputy President Masson in Melbourne on 22 March 2019.
March 25, 2019
Attorney-General Christian Porter has announced that both the Family Court of Australia and Federal Circuit Court of Australia will have one new judicial officer. Dr Timothy McEvoy QC has been appointed as a judge of the Family Court of Australia and Alice Carter has been appointed as a judge of the Federal Circuit Court of Australia. Dr McEvoy will be assigned to the Melbourne registry of the Family Court, commencing on 27 March 2019. He became a barrister in Victoria in 2002 and took silk in 2016, and was most recently a senior counsel assisting the Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety, the A-G’s Department said.
March 25, 2019
Police are appealing for public assistance to locate a man missing from an aged care facility in Sydney’s south west since Wednesday. Garry Leland, aged 65, was last seen leaving an aged care facility on Northumberland Road, Auburn, about 9am. He was reported missing to officers from Auburn Police Area Command by a carer about 11pm, when he failed to return to the facility.
March 25, 2019
A senior medical officer and rural hospital consultant at Hāwera Hospital is among those missing in Christchurch following last week’s terror attack. A statement from the Taranaki District Health Board said Doctor Amjad Hamid was at the mosque in Christchurch at the time of the shooting and is missing, presumed dead. Dr Hamid’s wife Hanan said she and her husband emigrated to Christchurch from Palestine 23 years ago.
March 25, 2019
An 82-year-old man is lucky to be alive after accidentally locking himself in a wardrobe for four and a half days. The man was found by police on Tuesday last week. He had woken on Thursday night the week before to use the toilet and had become disorientated, locking himself in the wardrobe. Police received a call from the man’s neighbours on Tuesday, concerned about loud banging coming from the house. Police entered the house and the man was taken to hospital.
March 25, 2019
Attackers hid behind a wall before assaulting two medics at Middlemore Hospital, breaking one of the staff members’ collar bone. The registered nurse and healthcare assistant, who work in the intensive care unit, were leaving work after nightshift at 7am on Saturday. Counties Manukau Health chief executive Margie Apa said the unprovoked attack happened near the entrance to the hospital’s western car park. It is not clear what the motive of the attack was, but its understood the attackers were laying in wait. The attack comes after protests last year over safety at the staff car park at the hospital, which has been described as dangerous by the New Zealand Nurses Organisation (NZNO).
