NEWS-HR

A s.185 (Enterprise agreement) application from Australian Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Pty Ltd for the APM Pharmaceuticals Pty Ltd Enterprise Agreement 2017 has passed muster with Fair Work Commissioner Harper-Greenwell in Melbourne on 16 November 2018.

Healthcare Australia will face a s.604 (Appeal of decisions) in front of Fair Work Deputy President Sams in his Sydney chambers (Melo Gaete).

Clinical Laboratories Pty Ltd will defend a s.394 (Application for unfair dismissal remedy) at 11am before Commissioner McKenna in Hearing Room 12-2 – Level 12 in Sydney (Street).

A s.185 (Enterprise agreement) application from Menarock Aged Care Services (Templestowe Willowbrae) Pty Ltd T/A Willowbrae Templestowe [ABN: 49 587 389 338]; Menarock Aged Care Services (Templestowe) Pty Ltd T/A Emmavale Gardens [ABN: 46 132 414 263]; The Trustee for Menarock Aged Care Services (Essendon) Trust T/A [ABN: 55421 310 243]; The Trustee for Menarock Aged Care Services (Highett) Trust T/A Rosehill Private Nursing Home [ABN: 60 976 399 842]; Menarock Aged Care Services (Templestowe) Pty Ltd T/A Salisbury House Private Nursing Home [ABN: 46 132 414 263] for the Menarock Aged Care Services Group (Templestowe Willowbrae, Essendon, Rosehill, Emmavale and Salisbury House only), ANMF and HSU Enterprise Agreement 2018 has been approved by Fair Work Deputy President Masson in Melbourne on 15 November 2018.

Chief technology officer Charles McHardie, a former Commodore in the Royal Australian Navy, has been acting in the CIO role since the departure of the department’s long-time CIO Gary Sterrenberg in January this year to work on a PhD following his launch of a billion-dollar welfare payments infrastructure transformation, WPIT. DHS’ other top level executives under secretary Renée Leon remain unchanged: Catherine Rule on Programme Design, Rebecca Cross on Integrity and Information, Amanda Cattermole on Health and Aged Care as well as chief executive of Medicare, Barry Jackson on Service Delivery Operations and chief executive of Centrelink, and John Murphy on Payments Reform.

ANZ executive Michael McNamara will take up the role of chief information officer in the Department of Human Services from January next year.

Roxanne Kelley will take up the role of chief operating officer in the Department of Human Services from November 26.

Specialist Surgical Supplies will face a s.394 (Application for unfair dismissal remedy) before Deputy President Anderson in Conference Room 6a – Level 6 in Adelaide (Pethick).