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Tinonee Gardens HammondCare will have a s.394 (Application for unfair dismissal remedy) to argue before Deputy President Saunders at Level 3 237 Wharf Road in Newcastle (Williams).

A s.185 (Enterprise agreement) application from DPG Services Pty Ltd T/A Opal Aged Care for its Opal Aged Care (Victoria) Enterprise Agreement 2018 has had a date amendment ruling issued by Deputy President Kovacic in Canberra on 1 April 2019. The decision issued by the Fair Work Commission on 19 March 2019 [[2019] FWCA 2079] is corrected as follows: [1] By amending the nominal expiry date from 30 June 2021 to 30 June 2022.

A woman, aged in her 90s, has died after a “near drowning” incident at a retirement village pool on the Sunshine Coast. Paramedics were called to the Peregian Springs Country Club, run by Aveo, about 1.30pm Sunday. The woman was rushed to the Sunshine Coast University Hospital in a critical condition, but died on Monday morning. It was unclear whether the woman’s drowning incident was brought on by separate medical episode. A report was being prepared for the coroner.

Co As It Community Services Inc has a s.739 (Application to deal with a dispute) with which it must deal before Commission Booth in his Brisbane chambers (McMahon).

Minda Incorporated is facing a s.394 (Application for unfair dismissal remedy) before Fair Work Commissioner Platt in his Adelaide chambers (Constantine).

HSS Home Support Services has a s.372 (Application to deal with other contravention disputes) to answer before Fair Work Deputy President Anderson in his Adelaide chambers (Nickel).

Bendigo Bank has presented a cheque for $6,100 to Fitzgerald Aged Care Windsor to put towards specialised tilt-in-space shower commodes for residents.

A State Government aged care home in South Australia’s Mid North region has been sanctioned after the death of a resident following a fire. A Federal Government Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission (ACQSC) audit of the Ira Parker Nursing Home at Balaklava, almost 100 kilometres north of Adelaide, found it failed in 19 of 44 accreditation outcomes — including building safety, patient pain management and nutrition. The Federal Department of Health imposed two sanctions on the home, including restricting the payment of the Commonwealth aged care subsidy for new residents and revoking the home’s aged care provider status unless evidence of improvement is made within six months.