A doctor accused of raping a patient has been granted bail and barred from entering Townsville for any reason other than attending court. The doctor, who cannot be named for legal reasons, faces 25 charges, including eight counts of rape, two counts of assault occasioning bodily harm, four counts of common assault, threatening violence, wilful damage and perverting the course of justice. One of the rape charges relates to an incident in 2012 where it will be alleged the doctor inserted his fingers into a woman’s vagina while she was in a consultation room at a Townsville medical centre. The other seven rape charges stem from complaints from another woman. It will also be alleged the doctor attempted to intimidate a witness into withdrawing a complaint against him, which led to him being charged with attempting to pervert the course of justice. He has been in custody since his arrest on March 24 this year and has twice been denied bail, most recently on April 30 when Townsville Supreme Court Justice David North ruled the man too great a risk of reoffending. However, appearing before Townsville Supreme Court again yesterday, the doctor was successful in obtaining bail.
November 1, 2018
A Gold Coast financial adviser and accountant has been jailed for more than two years after a Federal investigation found he misused about $800,000 of client funds. Reedy Creek man Satvir Singh Birk, 42, was today sentenced in the Southport District Court to two and a half years imprisonment, following an Australian Securities and Investment Commission investigation. Birk pleaded guilty in May to five counts of dishonestly using his position as director of The Carter Group with the intention of gaining an advantage, for himself or others, in the amount of approximately $800,000. The charges related to conduct ASIC said occurred between September 2010 and October 2011, while Birk was an authorised representative of Professional Investment Services and a director of the Carter Group, which is now in external administration and was an authorised representative of PIS. ASIC alleged that Birk caused unauthorised cheques to be drawn from his clients’ superannuation accounts and deceived some clients about what their withdrawn super funds were being used for. ASIC said Birk also deceived another client over what price units in an unlisted investment scheme had been sold for and used some of the proceeds to benefit his father. The regulator alleged Birk misled clients about value and other details of units they had purchased in an investment scheme. ASIC Commissioner Danielle Press described the adviser’s actions as “dishonest and betrayed the trust of his clients”. “Today’s decision shows this type of behaviour will be met with serious consequences,” she said. Birk, who was permanently banned from providing financial services last July, will be released after serving four months on a two-and-a-half year, $10,000 good behaviour bond.
October 31, 2018
Institute for Aboriginal Development (Aboriginal Corporation) will defend a s.394 (Application for unfair dismissal remedy) in front of Commissioner Wilson in his Melbourne chambers (Lerossignol).
October 31, 2018
An application by Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation (s.240 – Application to deal with a bargaining dispute) will be determined by Commissioner Cribb in Conference Room E and Conference Room F – Level 6 in Melbourne.
October 31, 2018
The Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation and Western Health have a s.739 (Application to deal with a dispute) on foot before Commissioner Cribb in Conference Room E and Conference Room F – Level 6 in Melbourne.
October 31, 2018
Marco Polo Aged Care Services Limited has a s.394 (Application for unfair dismissal remedy) to answer before Fair Work Commissioner Cambridge in Hearing Room 12-1 – Level 12 in Sydney (Malafu).
October 31, 2018
Complete Staff Solutions Pty Limited must cope with a s.394 (Application for unfair dismissal remedy) before Commissioner Saunders in Level 3, 237 Wharf Road in Newcastle (Downey).
October 31, 2018
An application for termination of the Homecare Plus (a division of The Paraplegic and Quadriplegic Association of SA Inc) Casual Support Worker, Casual Administrative and Casual Emergency Support Worker Enterprise Agreement 2011 (s.225 – Application for termination of an enterprise agreement after its nominal expiry date) will be determined by Fair Work Commissioner Platt in his Adelaide chambers.
