A s.185 (Enterprise agreement) from Bupa Aged Care Australia Pty Ltd T/A Bupa Aged Care for its Bupa Aged Care Australia South Hobart Enterprise Agreement 2018 has been ratified by Fair Work Commissioner McKinnon in Melbourne on 11 February 2019.
February 13, 2019
An application by United Voice and Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation for a s.437 (Application for a protected action ballot order) will be determined by Deputy President Hamilton in Court 3 and Conference Room B – Level 6 in Melbourne.
February 13, 2019
Australian Salaried Medical Officers Federation and Victorian Hospitals’ Industrial Association will debate a s.739 (Application to deal with a dispute) in front of Commissioner Gregory in Court 6 and Conference Room E – Level 6 in Melbourne.
February 13, 2019
A service which for 35 years has allowed Launceston women to give birth in home-like surroundings is set to close because it cannot recruit enough independent midwives to keep operating. The Launceston Birth Centre, across the road from the Launceston General Hospital, also provides midwives to help women give birth in their own homes.
February 13, 2019
An Afghan asylum seeker will face a Sydney court this week after allegedly assaulting two nurses at Royal North Shore Hospital when he was transferred from Nauru for medical treatment last month.
February 13, 2019
A Robina Hospital maintenance worker has faced court accused of shoving his hand down the pants and up the shirt of a staff member. He also allegedly took the woman’s hand and placed it on his clothed groin area during an incident in June 2017. Anthony Alan Dixon pleaded not guilty in the Southport District Court yesterday to two counts of sexual assault. In his opening, Crown Prosecutor Michael Mitchell outlined what the jury of five men and seven women would hear during the trial. He told the court the pair were working in the kitchen area of the doctors’ accommodation at the time of the alleged attack. Mr Mitchell told the jury Dixon said to the woman: “I can tell you haven’t had sex for a long time. Do you want me?” Dixon then grabbed her by the arm, shoved a hand down the woman’s pants, not quite to the genital area, before putting the same hand up her shirt, the court was told. Mr Mitchell said Dixon also grabbed the woman’s hand and put it on his clothed groin. The jury was told the woman tried to shake Dixon off and managed to move away. Mr Mitchell said Dixon kept asking the woman for a kiss. “She thought if she just let him kiss her once he would let her go,” he said. The court was told the woman left the area and finished work without telling anyone. The woman allegedly told her son that afternoon before repeating the allegations to her bosses two days after the incident. Mr Mitchell said it took the woman about six months to report the incident to police. The trial continues today.
February 13, 2019
Dr Curtis Walker was today elected chairperson of the Medical Council of New Zealand. He succeeds Mr Andrew Connolly who has been the Council’s chair since February 2014.
February 13, 2019
Former premier Jeff Kennett says he feels “let down” and has blamed alcohol and hubris for alleged inappropriate behaviour against women by Robert Doyle. Mr Kennett, who initially supported the ex-lord mayor, weighed into the issue as real estate agent Kharla Williams became the first woman to publicly identify herself as one of several women who have complained to Victoria Police about Mr Doyle. Ms Williams was allegedly touched inappropriately on the thigh at a Melbourne Health dinner in 2016, and said she went to police because investigations by the City of Melbourne and the Health Department could not be resolved. Mr Doyle has denied any wrongdoing. Mr Kennett said he felt “let down and disappointed”, and “terribly saddened” for the women. A City of Melbourne spokeswoman said the council had always sought to ensure its investigation proceeded as quickly as possible, having regard to the interests of all parties.
