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Launch Housing Limited has a s.372 (Application to deal with other contravention disputes) to defend before Commissioner Harper-Greenwell in Court 5 and Conference Room D – Level 6 in Melbourne at 2pm (Nguyen).

An elderly man is in police custody charged with attempted murder and serious assault after a neighbour dispute in a Sunshine Coast retirement village.

A s.185 (Enterprise agreement) application from Hillside Brae Pty Ltd T/A Hillside at Figtree for its Hillside (Aged Care), NSWNMA-ANMF NSW Branch and HSU NSW Branch Enterprise Agreement 2018-2021 has passed muster with Fair Work Deputy President Masson in Melbourne on 20 November 2018.

An elderly woman has been left traumatised after thieves broke into her residence at Autumn Lodge in Macksville last night. The break-in happened some time between 1.30 and 2am and there were no signs of forced entry according to police. Her handbag with wallet and identification was taken, as was some jewellery with high sentimental value.

An application by Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation (s.240 – Application to deal with a bargaining dispute) will be determined by Fair Work Commissioner Cribb in Conference Room E and Conference Room F – Level 6 in Melbourne.

A mental health nurse has dodged any time in jail after admitting to biting a security guard on the arm in a drunken attack outside a Townsville nightclub. John Richard Elliot was in handcuffs when he sunk his teeth in the arm of security guard Luke Colebrook. He was sentenced to 12 months jail but released on immediate parole after pleading guilty in Townsville District Court to assault occasioning bodily harm in public while adversely affected by alcohol.

Ramsay Health Care Australia Pty Ltd is fighting a s.394 (Application for unfair dismissal remedy) in front of Commissioner Spencer in his Brisbane chambers (Campbell).

A former doctor has been fined for seven counts of falsely claiming a member of his staff was a registered health practitioner. Roger Bernard let Phoebe Pacheco treat patients for cosmetic and medical conditions at Werribee Cosmetic Medicine between June 16 and November 3, 2016. Bernard pleaded guilty and was fined $16,500 in the Sunshine Magistrates’ Court and $27,600 in costs was awarded to Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency. Bernard’s registration had been subjected to conditions when he was registered as a medical practitioner. It was during a check by agency officers on those conditions that the breaches were detected.