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A s.185 (Enterprise agreement) application from Northern Metropolitan Cemeteries Land Manager for its Northern Metropolitan Cemeteries Land Manager Enterprise Agreement 2018 has been ratified by Fair Work Commissioner McKinnon in Melbourne on 20 February 2019.

A s.185 (Enterprise agreement) application from Dartmoor & Bush Nursing Centre Inc for its Dartmoor & District Bush Nursing Centre Nurses Enterprise Agreement 2018 has been approved by Fair Work Commissioner McKinnon in Melbourne on 20 February 2019.

A s.185 (Enterprise agreement) application by the Illawarra Retirement Trust T/A IRT for its IRT Enterprise Agreement 2018 has been ratified by Fair Work Commissioner Johns in Sydney on 28 February 2019.

A s.185 (Enterprise agreement) application by the Western Australian Council of Social Service Inc for its WACOSS Staff Agreement 2018 has been approved by Fair Work Deputy President Saunders sitting in Newcastle on 4 March 2019.

A s.185 (Enterprise agreement) application from the Adelaide Community Healthcare Alliance Incorporated for the ACHA- Allied Health Employees – Enterprise Agreement – 2018-2022 has been granted by Fair Work Commissioner Bissett in Melbourne on 4 March 2019.

An aged care nurse has been busted stealing an elderly woman’s cash after the patient’s relatives installed a secret surveillance camera in the wardrobe. Debbie Ann Brown, 56, stole the $700 which was meant as Christmas presents for her patient’s children, Tweed Heads Local Court heard today. Brown pleaded guilty to larceny. The court was told the victim had onset Alzheimer’s disease and dementia and was being cared for twice a day in her home by the RSL Life Care at Home service. On December 7 last year, Brown took the victim to a Tweed Heads shopping centre to cash a $700 cheque. Four days later, the woman opened her wallet to find the money – which she planned to put in her grand children’s Christmas cards – missing. The court was told the woman’s relatives were concerned for her safety and had installed a surveillance camera in her walk-in wardrobe. They viewed the footage on December 22 and it showed Brown looking through the woman’s handbag in the wardrobe. She left the bedroom before returning a short time later with the wallet. Brown’s lawyer Dan Rawlings told the court his client was suffering from mental illness and was extremely embarrassed and remorseful. Mr Rawlings said Brown had been sacked from her job. Magistrate Geoff Dunlevy placed Brown on an 18-month community correction order and ordered her to repay the $700.

St John of God Health Care has appointed former Victorian Department of Health and Human Services CIO Grahame Coles as its new group director of digital and technology.

The Property Council of Australia has announced the appointment of Mary-Louise MacDonald as retirement living council president.