NEWS-HR

A s.185 (Enterprise agreement) application from the Victorian Hospitals’ Industrial Association for the Victorian Public Health Sector (Dental Therapists, Dental Hygienists and Oral Health Therapists’) Enterprise Agreement 2018-2022 has been ratified by Fair Work Deputy President Colman in Melbourne on 12 March 2019.

A s.185 (Enterprise agreement) application from Central Healthcare Services Pty Ltd for the Central Healthcare Services Pty Ltd (Vic) Enterprise Agreement 2018 has been passed by Fair Work Commissioner Gregory sitting in Melbourne on 12 March 2019.

A s.185 (Enterprise agreement) application by Queensland Diagnostic Imaging Pty Ltd T/A Queensland Diagnostic Imaging for its Queensland Diagnostic Imaging Pty Ltd Technical Imaging Employees Enterprise Agreement 2018 has been ratified by Fair Work Commissioner Gregory sitting in Melbourne on 8 March 2019.

A s.394 (Application for unfair dismissal remedy) sought by Houman Bassari against Sonic Health Plus has been turned down by Deputy President Binet in Perth on 7 March 2019.

A s.185 (Enterprise agreement) application by Naracoorte Home for the Aged Inc T/A Longridge Aged Care for its Longridge Aged Care Nursing Employees Enterprise Agreement 2018 has been approved by Fair Work Commissioner McKinnon in Melbourne on 8 march 2019.

A s.394 (unfair dismissal) application by Leeanne Mercer citing Clinical Laboratories Pty Ltd has been dismissed by Fair Work Deputy President Saunders in Newcastle on 7 March 2019.

The Victorian government has appointed former Justice secretary Penny Armytage as the chair of the Royal Commission into mental health.

A Geelong fraudster has been jailed after admitting she ripped off tens of thousands of dollars from Centrelink. For three years, Maria Alimic lied to the agency about her employment income, reaping more than $50,000 worth of disability support pension payments she was not entitled to receive. But the Geelong Magistrates’ Court yesterday heard that the 52-year-old will be forced to pay back only $5600 of the money she stole, largely due to a bureaucratic bungle. Alimic was jailed for six months after pleading guilty to four dishonesty offences. Magistrate Michael Coghlan said the Corio woman had made an “art form” of defrauding the Commonwealth. David Sagnelli, prosecuting for the Department of Human Services, said authorities became aware of Alimic’s deception after receiving a tip-off in December 2015.