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A Pakuranga man’s mum was nearly scammed thousands of dollars by someone from Christchurch. An Auckland family is warning people to check their credit histories after scammers tried to take out of thousands of dollars in loans under their mother’s name. Shanil Sharma from Auckland’s Pakuranga said his mum, a 56-year-old retirement village care worker, nearly lost $37,000 to scammers. Sharma, 35, said the scammers applied for loans to several banks and a string of finance companies over a year, using his mother’s details.

Churches of Christ in Queensland must defend a s.394 (Application for unfair dismissal remedy) lodged by an ex-staff member (Minchio).

Australian Hearing and Balance Centre has a s.394 (Application for unfair dismissal remedy) on its legal plate in front of Fair Work Commissioner Johns in his Melbourne chambers (Bailey).

Doutta Galla Aged Services Ltd is to face up to a s.394 (Application for unfair dismissal remedy) before Fair Work Commissioner McKinnon in Court 5 and Conference Room D – Level 6 in Melbourne (Sharma).

Ambulance Victoria is to account for a s.394 (Application for unfair dismissal remedy) claim being promulgated by an ex-staffer before Fair Work Deputy President Masson in Court 5 and Conference Room D – Level 6 in Melbourne (Manika).

Walgett Aboriginal Medical Service Ltd must put up a defence to a s.394 (Application for unfair dismissal remedy) assertion being run before Fair Work Commissioner Johns in his Melbourne chambers (Hickey).

The Mental Health Tribunal is going to suffer its own trauma when a s.372 (Application to deal with other contravention disputes) is laid out before Fair Work Deputy President Hamilton in Court 3 and Conference Room B – Level 6 in Melbourne (Cameron).

Victoria’s Department of Health and Human Services is beefing up its counselling for staff, with an average of one worker a day assaulted, threatened or suffering stress. Tender documents reveal the department recorded about 420 “critical incidents” – including assaults, threats and the deaths of clients – last financial year. It prompted the push for a new support system with “Psychological First Aid” counselling and group “self-care” sessions. Opposition health spokeswoman Mary Wooldridge said there had been “significant decline” in morale and wellbeing among health department workers.