NEWS-HR

Walhallow Aboriginal Corporation has a s.394 (Application for unfair dismissal remedy) with which it must deal before Deputy President Bull in his Sydney chambers (Slater).

Southern Metropolitan Cemeteries Trust has a s.394 (Application for unfair dismissal remedy) to answer in front of Commissioner McKenna in Hearing Room 12-2 – Level 12 in Sydney (Azzopardi).

Uniting Communities is to face a s.365 (Application to deal with contraventions involving dismissal) before Fair Work Commissioner Riordan in his Sydney chambers (Cook).

The Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation and East Grampians Health Services will debate the efficacy of a s.739 (Application to deal with a dispute) before Fair Work Commissioner Cribb in Conference Room E – Level 6 and Conference Room F – Level 6 in Melbourne at 4.30pm.

A s.604 (Appeal of decisions) by Jefferson Bell against Aboriginal Legal Service (NSW/ACT) Limited has been refused by Fair Work Deputy President Gostencnik, Deputy President Bull and Commissioner Harper-Greenwell in Melbourne on 2 October 2018.

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.