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A s.185 (Enterprise agreement) application from Sigma Company Limited T/A Sigma Healthcare Limited for the Sigma (New South Wales) Enterprise Agreement 2017 has been waved through by Commissioner Lee sitting in Melbourne on 13 June 2018.

The Manly Warringah Masonic and Community Club has a s.394 (Application for unfair dismissal remedy) which it must defend before Fair Work Commissioner Cambridge in Hearing Room 12-1 – Level 12 in Sydney (Kavangah).

A s.437 (Protected action) sought by the Health Services Union Victoria No. 1 Branch against Mildura District Hospital Fund Ltd T/A Mildura Private Hospital has been granted by Fair Work Vice President Catanzariti in Sydney on 14 June 2018.

A s.185 (Enterprise agreement) application by Melbourne IVF Pty Ltd for its Melbourne IVF Counsellors Enterprise Agreement 2017 has been agreed by Fair Work Deputy President Masson in Melbourne on 14 June 2018.

Two Kalgoorlie-Boulder residents have been recognised by their peers for their devotion to supporting the city’s elderly. Amana Living Kalgoorlie operations manager Nicole Gardiner and pastoral care volunteer Kevin Knott are State finalists in the Aged and Community Services Australia’s Aged Care Awards for 2018. Ms Gardiner is in the running for the Employee of the Year while Mr Knott is a finalist in the Volunteer of the Year category.

A woman charged with kidnapping an elderly woman is preparing to argue she did not know she was not allowed to take her, and the victim did not protest. Irene Moschones, of Cheltenham, was charged in January after she took Dimitra Pavlopoulou, 91, from her aged-care facility in Clarinda. The Melbourne Magistrates’ court heard today that Ms Moschones was delusional at the time and believed Ms Pavlopoulou was her mother, who died in 2003. Magistrate Charlie Rozencwajg today questioned why the case was being contested, noting a defence of mental impairment was possible. But defence lawyer Nick Tehan said Ms Mochones would contest the charges because it was not clear if Ms Pavlopoulou’s “liberty was in fact deprived” or whether his client had intended to kidnap her. In January, police said Ms Moschones refused to believe her mother was dead, asking lawyers to dig up her body and have her corpse’s DNA tested. The matter returns to court later in the year.

Doutta Galla Aged Services Ltd has a s.394 (Application for unfair dismissal remedy) with which it must deal before Fair Work Deputy President Masson in Court 8 & Conference Room G – Level 6 in Melbourne (Infante).

A s.185 (Enterprise agreement) application by the Victor Medical Centre Nursing Employees Enterprise Agreement 2017 has been approved by Fair Work Commissioner Lee in Melbourne on 14 June 2018.