A Victorian man has admitted to slashing an off-duty paramedic with a box cutter during a violent crime spree which ended when he was spotted loitering outside a nearby police station carrying the weapon. Adam Bardic, 48, of Capel Sound, attacked the woman as she buckled her two young children into their car seats after picking up fish and chips for dinner in Rosebud, on the Mornington Peninsula, on her way home from work last July. The then-47-year-old was in uniform when Bardic grabbed her shoulder and pressed his arm across her neck to pin her against her car before slashing her twice across her chest. The box cutter sliced through her jumper and shirt to inflict a wound about 15 centimetres long, according to court documents. According to a police summary, Bardic “walked casually away” as the woman yelled for help and compressed her chest wound. She called triple zero and was taken to hospital where she received 15 stitches. The woman told police she believed she might have treated her attacker about 18 months earlier, but was not certain. Bardic, who was seen inhaling from a plastic bag, had earlier tried to get into another car parked behind his victim’s, but the driver had locked the doors before he had been able to gain entry, according to court documents.
January 22, 2019
Stephen Barclay has resigned from his role as head of KiwiBuild at the Ministry of Housing and Urban Development, with immediate effect.
January 22, 2019
The Australian Institute of Architects (AIA) has announced the appointment of Julia Cambage to the position of Chief Executive Officer.
January 22, 2019
An application by Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation (s.229 – Application for a bargaining order) is the preserve of Fair Work Commissioner Johns in his Victorian chambers.
January 22, 2019
The Benevolent Society will face a s.394 (Application for unfair dismissal remedy) to be heard by Fair Work Commissioner Lee in his Melbourne chambers (Ryan).
January 22, 2019
Alpha Westmead Private Hospital Pty Limited will defend a s.372 (Application to deal with other contravention disputes) before Fair Work Vice President Catanzariti in his Sydney chambers (Sinclair).
January 22, 2019
Maylands Dental Trust has a s.365 (Application to deal with contraventions involving dismissal) on foot before Commissioner Platt in his Adelaide chambers (Waltke).
January 21, 2019
Queensland Health Minister Steven Miles is seeking urgent discussions with the Federal Government over the pending closure of a Brisbane residential care home.
