Uniting Church in Australia Property Trust (NSW/Uniting Mission and Education) has a s.394 (Application for unfair dismissal remedy) to defend before Commissioner Johns in Hearing Room 11-4 – Level 11 and By Telephone today in Sydney (Bleyerveen).
March 7, 2019
A s.185 (Enterprise agreement) application from Western Australian Council of Social Service Inc for its WACOSS Staff Agreement 2018 has been ratified by Fair Work Deputy President Saunders in Newcastle on 4 March 2019.
March 7, 2019
A s.185 (Enterprise agreement) application from St John of God Outreach Services Ltd T/A St John of God Accord for the St John of God Accord Residential Services Enterprise Agreement 2018 has been ratified by Fair Work Commissioner Gregory in Melbourne on 5 March 2019.
March 7, 2019
A man has pleaded not guilty to touching a female ambulance paramedic’s crotch while he was being treated in the back of an ambulance on the northern beaches. John Michael Murgatroyd, 65, of Narraweena, faced a charge in Manly Local Court on Wednesday of sexually touch another person without consent. Police will allege that between 2.40pm and 3.30pm on December 12 last year Mr Murgatroyd twice used the back of his hand to push against the paramedic’s crotch. It will be alleged that Mr Murgatroyd was lying in the back of an ambulance parked in Ronald Ave, Narraweena when the alleged offence occurred. Police said the paramedic was examining him and conducting a number of tests at the time. The ambulance had been called by a relative of Mr Murgatroyd who found him passed out near his home. Registrar Michael Barbour adjourned the matter to Manly Local Court on April 16. Mr Murgatroyd’s bail continues.
March 7, 2019
A pensioner has been charged with stalking a retirement housing association employee over the course of a three year period. Robert Entwistle is alleged to have engaged in a course of conduct likely to cause the woman fear and alarm by sending her numerous unwanted communications via letters and online at Greenlaw and in Duns between January 1, 2016, and January 1, 2019. The 69-year-old of Priorwood Court, Melrose, pleaded not guilty at Jedburgh Sheriff Court to the stalking charge. A trial has been fixed for May 16 with an intermediate hearing on April 29.
March 6, 2019
A Sydney-based doctor touched 16 female patients for his own sexual gratification under the guise of a “medically necessary” examination they had consented to, a jury has been told. General practitioner Sharif Fattah, 62, has pleaded not guilty in the NSW District Court to 30 charges of sexual and indecent assault allegedly committed over six months from September 2016. Fattah was arrested in early March 2017 after three women approached police. His other 13 alleged victims came forward within a month. “The accused used his position as a doctor to sexually assault or indecently assault the complainants under the guise that each assault was medically indicated, medically necessary, or as part of a legitimate medical examination,” prosecutor Tony McCarthy said as he opened the Crown’s case on Tuesday. “Therefore, the consent that was given was not informed consent to that act.” He said Fattah had worked as a GP for 20 years in New Zealand before coming to Australia and starting work at a health centre in Sydney in mid-2016. The female patients, aged between 19 and 40, are expected to testify they consented to particular examinations by Fattah at the practice. The trial continues before Judge Sharon Harris.
March 6, 2019
A top Sunshine Coast medico is accused of grabbing a young female nurse on the genitals in front of other Queensland Health staff during a boozy party on a boat. Queensland Health has confirmed it is investigating one of its top male practitioners who remains an employee of the Sunshine Coast Hospital and Health Service. He has been appointed to a leadership role at another major regional health service. A source close to the case revealed SSHS staff were present during the alleged assault in mid-December. The source said the man allegedly “grabbed her genitals, causing her to scream and …. to flee the scene once the boat was tied up”. The victim told SSHS management about the alleged assault and Queensland Health has confirmed it is investigating the allegations. NewsRegional asked the man for comment but he did not respond by the time the story went to press. The alleged victim is overseas and unable to be reached. “Should the complaint be substantiated, Queensland Health will take the strongest possible action available to us under the Public Service Act as we do not condone this type of behaviour,” a QH spokesperson said. Queensland police would not reveal if they were investigating the incident. The Australian Nurses Union Queensland branch is believed to be supporting the alleged victim but QNMU secretary Beth Mohle said the union “cannot comment on specific cases or those currently under investigation”. AMA Queensland research shows around 40 per cent of medicos surveyed last year had “personally experienced” harassment or bullying in the workplace.
March 5, 2019
An application by Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation (s.240 – Application to deal with a bargaining dispute) will be the preserve of Fair Work Commissioner Wilson in Court 7 – Level 6 in Melbourne.
