A s.185 (Enterprise agreement) application by The Baptist Union of Queensland – Carinity T/A Carinity for The Baptist Union of Queensland – Carinity Support Services Enterprise Agreement 2017 has been approved by Fair Work Commissioner Lee sitting in Melbourne on 21 November 2018.
November 26, 2018
An application by Sexual Health Information Networking & Education SA Inc (s.120 – Application to vary redundancy pay for other employment or incapacity to pay) will be reviewed by Fair Work Commissioner Platt in the privacy of his Adelaide chambers.
November 26, 2018
Specialist Surgical Supplies has a s.394 (Application for unfair dismissal remedy) to face before Deputy President Anderson in Conference Room 6b – Level 6 in Adelaide (Pethick).
November 26, 2018
An elderly man is in police custody charged with attempted murder and serious assault after a neighbour dispute in a retirement village. Detectives from Redcliffe Criminal Investigation Branch charged the 83-year-old man after an incident in Scarborough about 1.35pm on Thursday. Police will allege an altercation occurred between the accused man and a 71-year-old man at an address on Landsborough Avenue. During the incident, a 71-year-old man received cuts to his face and forearm from a knife. It will also be alleged a 74-year-old woman, who attempted to intervene in the altercation, was punched in the face. The injured man was taken to hospital for treatment of non-critical injuries. The woman was treated at the scene for facial injuries. Police have charged an 83-year-old Scarborough man with one count each of attempted murder and serious assault. He will appear in the Redcliffe Magistrates Court.
November 26, 2018
Australia’s legal industry is set for more consolidation as Russell Kennedy and Aitken Lawyers have confirmed that they have agreed to merge.
November 26, 2018
A s.185 (Enterprise agreement) application from Working Women’s Centre SA Inc for its Working Women’s Centre Inc Enterprise Agreement 2018 has been ratified by Fair Work Commissioner Platt in Adelaide on 23 November 2018.
November 26, 2018
A Sch. 3, Item 15 (Application by agreement to terminate collective agreement-based transitional instrument) lodged by Community Lifestyle Agency Inc naming the Community Lifestyle Agency Inc, – AWU – Certified Agreement [CA616 of 2004] has been terminated by Fair Work Commissioner Booth in Brisbane on 21 November 2018.
November 26, 2018
An oral surgeon who failed to properly diagnose his patient’s cancerous tongue lesion has lost an appeal against a $5000 fine for professional misconduct. In December 2017, New Plymouth-based oral and maxillofacial surgeon Dr Peter Liston was censured, fined $5000 and ordered to pay $21,000 costs following a Health Practitioners Disciplinary Tribunal ruling. The tribunal hearing, where Liston admitted professional misconduct, related to his patient Keith Hindson, who was found to have a cancerous tongue lesion the surgeon did not properly diagnose from the biopsy results. Liston, who runs a private practice in New Plymouth, saw Hindson 12 times between 2011-2013 at Whanganui Hospital, where he worked two and a half days a week. Hindson had been referred to Liston, after complaining to his GP about having a sore tongue. During the treatment, Liston performed one incisional biopsy and two excisional biopsies, with the last performed in October 2013. This found widespread features of “carcinoma in situ” but Liston told Hindson there was “nothing nasty” about the results and reassured the man there was time to deal with the condition before it became cancerous.
