All three levels of a Brisbane nursing home have been quarantined after a serious gastroenteritis outbreak. Casa Dámore, next to The Village retirement complex at Park St, Coorparoo has been in lockdown for five days after the first signs of the illness appeared on Saturday. The 100 residents in the complex have been confined to their rooms and visitors have been restricted as the centre struggles to deal with the outbreak. In an email to families owners Vacenti said as soon as staff became aware of the outbreak, the centre initiated an outbreak management plan in line with Queensland Health guidelines.
August 1, 2018
A s.604 (Appeal of decision) by Inna Grabovsky against United Protestant Association of NSW Ltd T/A UPA has been refused by the Fair Work full bench (Justice Ross in Sydney on 31 July. Deputy President Asbury. Commissioner Hampton).
August 1, 2018
A s.185 (Enterprise agreement) application from Anyinginyi Health Aboriginal Corporation for its Anyinginyi Health Aboriginal Corporation Enterprise Agreement 2017-2020 has been granted by Fair Work Commissioner Gregory in Melbourne on 30 July 2018.
August 1, 2018
A s.604 (Appeal of decisions) by Tenterfield Care Centre Limited against an earlier decision in favour of Mrs Madeline Wait has been refused by the Full Bench of the Fair Work Commission. (Justice Ross, President sitting in Sydney on 31 July 2018, Deputy President Kovacic, Commissioner Hampton) The case summary reads: Permission to appeal against a decision [[2018] FWC 2472] of Commissioner Cambridge at Sydney on 10 May 2018 – reinstatement – public interest not enlivened – not contended that the decision involved a significant error of fact – permission to appeal refused.
August 1, 2018
A s.185 (Enterprise agreement) application by the Victorian Hospitals Industrial Association for the AMA Victoria – Victorian Public Health Sector – Doctors in Training Enterprise Agreement 2018-2021 has been approved by Fair Work Commissioner Gregory in Melbourne on 32 July 2018.
August 1, 2018
A Shepparton man appeared before Magistrates’ Court yesterday charged with burglary at a property on Wyndham St. The man had been remanded in police custody since his arrest the previous evening. Further charges were filed, including trespass at the Goulburn Valley Hospice Care on the day of the arrest and the theft of a pair of Logitech headphones from Goulburn Valley Hospice Care valued at $30. Another charge of committing an indictable offence while on bail was also heard. Magistrate John Murphy remanded the man in custody and to reappear in court.
August 1, 2018
A s.437 (Protected action) application from Australian Dental Association Victorian Branch citing Latrobe Community Health Services Ltd T/A Latrobe Community Health Service has been issued by Fair Work Vice President Catanzariti in Sydney on 31 July 2018.
August 1, 2018
The operator of a Bateau Bay aged care facility has confirmed it’s cutting back shift hours for staff.
