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The Geelong daughter of missing 88-year-old Albert Smith is pleading for anyone with information on his movements to come forward, as the search to find him enters its 10th day. The grandfather affectionately known as Albie walked out of his room at the Ballan Aged Care facility between 5.30am and 7.10am on Monday last week. The Mt Doran resident had been in care since June receiving treatment for leg ulcers and was working towards a return home, estimated to take place some time last week.

A coffee shop owner has been left frustrated by “senseless” vandalism of his business after a group of shops were tagged with the name of a notorious gang. The ‘Northside gang’ has bragged online about having a large number of followers and has boasted about stealing cars and breaking into homes. The gang has more than 50 members and they have been collectively charged with at least 1000 offences over a two-year period, according to a Seven Network investigation earlier this year. They were reportedly responsible for a series of incidents north of Brisbane’s in January including breaking into a retirement village at Morayfield and robbing stores at a nearby shopping centre.

Parramatta Mission will face a s.773 (Application to deal with an unlawful termination dispute) before Fair Work Commissioner McKenna in Hearing Room 12-2 – Level 12 in Sydney at 4pm.

An application for approval of the St Vincent’s Private Hospital Nurses’ Enterprise Agreement 2017-2020 (s.185 – Application for approval of a single-enterprise agreement) will be determined by Commissioner McKenna in Hearing Room 12-2 – Level 12 in Sydney at 3pm.

A s.185 (Enterprise agreement) application by the Victorian Hospitals’ Industrial Association for its Community Health Centre (Stand Alone Services) Social and Community Service Employees Multi Enterprise Agreement 2017 has been passed by Fair Work Commissioner Saunders in Newcastle on 16 October 2018.

RFDS Western Operations Pty Ltd is to face a s.394 (Application for unfair dismissal remedy) today before Commissioner Platt in his Adelaide chambers (Schouten).

A s.185 (Enterprise agreement) application from Blue Hills Management (Liverpool) Pty Ltd for the Blue Hill (Aged Care), NSWNMA-ANMF NSW Branch and HSU NSW Branch Enterprise Agreement 2018-2021 has been approved by Fair Work Commissioner Harper-Greenwell in Melbourne on 16 October 2018.

The Australian Municipal, Administrative, Clerical and Services Union and QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute have a s.739 (Application to deal with a dispute) due for hearing today by Commissioner Booth in Conference Room A in Brisbane.