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The Australian Health Practitioners Regulation Agency will face a s.372 (Application to deal with other contravention disputes) before Fair Work Commissioner Platt in his Adelaide chambers (Wren).

A s.185 (Enterprise agreement) application by Moran Australia (Residential Aged Care) Pty Limited for the Moran Australia (Residential Aged Care) Pty Limited Victoria Enterprise Agreement 2018 has passed muster with Deputy President Masson in Melbourne on 3 October 2018.

An Auckland doctor has been fined $10,000 and ordered to pay costs of $145,000 for mixing medicines he should not have, and giving inappropriate dietary advice. Dr Joseph Williams, of Mt Wellington, was found by the Health Practitioners Disciplinary Tribunal to have prescribed a mixture of a potent steroid and an antifungal cream to 12 patients. The tribunal was concerned the doctor mixed the two medicines without proper analysis of the consequences and adequate formal research. “A further major factor was that the doctor in many cases prescribed the mixture in the face of concerns being expressed to him by other professionals whose views he should have respected and taken into account,” the tribunal said in a summary of the case. The tribunal also found Williams provided dietary advice outside accepted medical practice. As well as being fined and made to pay costs, Williams, who is a GP with a special interest in the treatment of eczema, was censured and conditions imposed on his practice. He appealed the tribunal’s decision last year to the High Court and lost.

2Connect, Youth and Community INC will face a s.372 (Application to deal with other contravention disputes) before Commissioner Johns in Conference Rooms 14A and 14B – Level 14 in Sydney (Onuoha).

The Trustee for The Salvation Army (WA) Property Trust is facing a s.372 (Application to deal with other contravention disputes) before Commissioner Harper-Greenwell in Court 4 – Level 6 and Conference Room C – Level 6 in Melbourne (Collins).

St Joan of Arc Villa has a s.739 (Application to deal with a dispute) with which it must deal before Fair Work Commissioner Johns in his Sydney chambers (Donovan).

North Buderim Pharmacy has a s.365 (Application to deal with contraventions involving dismissal) before Commissioner Booth in chambers in Brisbane (Cole).

Anglicare Central Qld will defend a s.394 (Application for unfair dismissal remedy) before Fair Work Commissioner Booth in his Brisbane chambers (Oberg).