The tearful family of a missing elderly Ballan man are pleading with their father to come home. There are growing concerns for the safety of 88-year-old Albert Smith who left an aged care facility on Inglis Street, Ballan Monday morning. Daughter Wendy told reporters her dad was “fiercely independent” and unhappy about being in care. She said he told staff he was going home, but has not been heard from since.
October 10, 2018
A social worker who sat on a teen and punched a co-worker in the face is now working at an Auckland primary school. Uila Esera was charged with conduct unbecoming of a social worker and de-registered over the incidents, which took place while he was working at the Whakatakapokai Care and Protection Residence in 2013. The residence is a secure facility for young people, run by Oranga Tamariki – then called Child, Youth and Family – in south Auckland’s Manurewa. A decision by the Social Workers Complaints and Disciplinary Tribunal, released this week, said the incidents showed Esera had “a quickness to become angry and a concerning resort to aggression and violence when frustrated”. He appeared to “lack insight into the gravity of his conduct” and showed a “pattern of violent behaviour”, the decision said. Keren Williams, a residential youth worker at Whakatakapokai, stated the altercation between Esera and the 16-year-old girl began following an argument over ice cream, the decision said. When the teen yelled at Esera, he went in for a “one man restraint” without any warning, Williams said. She classed the interaction between Esera and the teen as “the most violent that I’ve witnessed”. CCTV footage from the incident showed Esera grabbing the girl first by her wrist, then around her neck and chest, the decision said. She fell to the floor, and he sat on top of her chest to hold her down. Esera did not dispute using physical force against the girl but said he acted in “self-defence” after the girl punched him out of nowhere, the decision said. After the incident, Esera was dismissed from his job at Whakatakapokai.
October 10, 2018
The Trustee for the Bassem Pharmacy Trust will defend a s.394 (Application for unfair dismissal remedy) before Fair Work Commissioner Booth in his Brisbane chambers (Taylor).
October 10, 2018
The Australian Municipal, Administrative, Clerical and Services Union v Uniting (Victoria & Tasmania) Limited has a s.739 (Application to deal with a dispute) matter before Commissioner Harper-Greenwell in Court 5 and Conference Room D – Level 6 in Melbourne at 2pm.
October 10, 2018
An application for approval of the Healthcare Imaging Services – The Avenue – Radiology and MRI Enterprise Agreement 2018 (s.185 – Application for approval of a single-enterprise agreement) will be decided by Fair Work Commissioner Wilson in his Melbourne chambers today.
October 10, 2018
An application for approval of the BreastScreen Victoria Inc Enterprise Agreement 2017-2020 (s.185 – Application for approval of a single-enterprise agreement) will be determined by Commissioner McKinnon in his Melbourne chambers at 10am.
October 10, 2018
The Coroners Court is investigating the death of an 89-year-old woman whose body may have remained in her Grovedale retirement village for more than a week before being discovered. Police were called to Abervale Retirement Village following the discovery of the body about 1pm on August 23.
October 10, 2018
A s.394 (unfair dismissal) application by Orce Poposki against Warrigal Care T/A Coniston Nursing Home has been put on hold by Fair Work Deputy President Bull in Sydney on 9 October 2018 pending the outcome of a related criminal matter.
