A Chinese medicine practitioner has been granted bail after being charged over the death of a woman in June. Yun Sen Luo, 52, has been charged with the manslaughter of 56-year-old Chaun Ying Xia. Police say the woman had been receiving treatment from the practitioner for type 2 diabetes since she arrived in Australia in March. It is alleged she had been told by Mr Luo to stop taking all medication, including insulin, and to take herbal remedies instead. Chaun Ying Xia, who had been staying with her daughter and her family in St Ives in Sydney, became unwell and died at Hornsby Hospital on June 8. A police strike force was established to investigate the death and after post mortem results were confirmed, Mr Luo was arrested by police on Thursday. He applied for bail at Hornsby Local Court, and was unopposed. A police fact sheet tendered to the court reveal Mr Luo is an Australian citizen who lives with his de facto partner in Sydney’s north-west, and has no criminal history. The document alleged police had not seen him show any remorse “at all” for the victim and her family. Police also expressed concerns that if bail was granted “the victim’s family would be very wary … for the safety of other people”. The court heard the practitioner’s registration has been suspended.
August 17, 2018
Vedas Dental Pty Ltd is to face a s.394 (Application for unfair dismissal remedy) claim before Deputy President Asbury in his Brisbane chambers (ELS).
August 17, 2018
A s.225 (Enterprise agreement) cancellation request from Southern Metropolitan Cemeteries Land Manager T/A Eastern Suburbs Memorial park for its Botany Cemetery Trust and Eastern Suburbs Crematorium Trust Trading as Eastern Suburbs Memorial Park Enterprise Agreement Customer Service and Administration Staff 2011 has been agreed by Fair Work Senior Deputy President Hamberger in Melbourne on 16 August 2018.
August 17, 2018
A s.185 (Enterprise agreement) application from TSI Pharmaceuticals Pty Ltd for the TSI Pharmaceuticals and National Union of Workers Enterprise Agreement 2017 has been approved by Fair Work Commissioner Lee sitting in Melbourne on 16 August 2018.
August 17, 2018
A s.394 (Application for unfair dismissal remedy) sought by Sonny Pettit against Japara T/A Noosa Residential care has failed. Deputy President Asbury in Brisbane on 16 August 2018 said no.
August 17, 2018
Australian Institute of Architects acting President Richard Kirk said former chief executive Jennifer Cunich left the organisation two years and three months into her three-year term by “a joint decision to separate early”. Mr Kirk on Wednesday declined to give any reason for the sudden departure this month of Ms Cunich, a former Victorian director of the Property Council of Australia.
August 17, 2018
Communities @ Work Limited will defend a s.394 (Application for unfair dismissal remedy) before Fair Work Deputy President Kovacic in his ACT chambers (Gulia).
August 17, 2018
An Oamaru doctor infatuated with his intellectually-impaired patient has been sentenced to nine months’ home detention for molesting his victim across eight years. Stephen James Dawson, 60, appeared before Judge Joanna Maze in the Timaru District Court on Thursday, having pleaded guilty to indecently assaulting a female over the age of 16 and doing an indecent act to a person of significant impairment. Judge Maze said from 2008 to 2016, Dawson breached the trust of the complainant by touching her breasts and hips, filming her topless, taking pictures of her wearing a new bra he bought her, and approaching her mother seeking permission to have sex with her. “The offending has been confined to this one victim,” Judge Maze said. “It seems clear you formed an infatuation with this victim.” Crown prosecutor Helen Bennett said the defendant, who worked as a general practitioner in Oamaru for 33 years, was aware his 46-year-old victim could not consent to sexual contact due to a mental age of 12-15. Dawson was convicted and sentenced to nine months’ home detention, and given his first strike under the three-strikes law.
