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A s.185 (Enterprise agreement) application from Tanunda Lutheran Home Inc T/A Tanunda Lutheran Home Incorporated for its Tanunda Lutheran Home Inc Nursing Staff & ANMF Enterprise Agreement 2017 has been granted by Deputy President Colman sitting in Melbourne on 26 July 2018.

Monash Health has served notice about a s.394 (Application for unfair dismissal remedy) which will be determined by Commissioner Harper-Greenwell in Court 6 – Level 6 in Melbourne (Belyuga).

Airlie Beach Dental has a s.394 (Application for unfair dismissal remedy) for hearing before Fair Work Deputy President Asbury in his Brisbane chambers (Fourie).

An assault charge against an Adelaide aged care worker accused of hitting an 81-year-old patient in the face has been dropped. On Thursday, Phillip Athanasos, 46, walked free from the Adelaide Magistrates Court after maintaining his innocence since being charged over the incident at The Pines Lodge, in North Plympton, in January. Prosecutors asked Magistrate Greg Fisher for the charge to be withdrawn, before Athanasos was released from his bail obligations. Athanasos — who has been a carer at The Pines Lodge for more than eight years — denied the allegations, saying the elderly woman fell over and he tried to help her. In a statement, Martin Anders, for Athanasos, said: “At the outset the allegations were shrouded in assumption and conjecture. “Having secured the relevant evidence it is apparent that the evidence defies the assumptions, defies the conjecture and ultimately defies the allegations that caused the client to be charged.” During a previous court appearance, the court was told the patient suffered bruising to the neck and face, as well as two bleeds in the brain. It heard the victim claimed Athanasos hit her in the face, before putting his hand over her mouth and trying to stifle her. But the prosecutor conceded the victim didn’t have a good recollection of the incident. Pines Lodge owner Southern Cross Care had suspended him and started an internal inquiry.

An application for approval of the Central Coast Surgery Pty Ltd – NSWNMA & ANMF (NSW Branch) Enterprise Agreement 2018-2020 (s.185 – Application for approval of a single-enterprise agreement) is the preserve of Commissioner McKenna in Hearing Room 12-2 – Level 12 in Sydney today.

The United Protestant Association of NSW Ltd is again facing an old adversary via a s.604 (Appeal of decisions) before the Fair Work Full Bench in Hearing Room 15-1 – Level 15 in Sydney (Grabovsky).

Gippsland & East Gippsland Aboriginal Co-Operative Ltd will defend a s.739 (Application to deal with a dispute) before Fair Work Commissioner Bissett in Court 5 and Conference Room D – Level 6 in Melbourne (Sullivan).

The Australian Workers’ Union and The Greater Metropolitan Cemeteries Trust will duke over a s.739 (Application to deal with a dispute) in front of Commissioner Gregory in Court 4 and Conference Room C – Level 6 in Melbourne.