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The Royal Children’s Hospital and Duckham will contest a s.739 (Application to deal with a dispute) before Fair Work Commissioner Cribb in Conference Room E and Conference F – Level 6 in Melbourne in 30 minutes.

The head of a disability support service that employed a man who attempted to rape one of their clients has defended the company’s processes. David Jack Peter Cottam, 24, was sentenced to three year’s imprisonment on Friday for trying to have sex with a severely disabled woman on Boxing Day 2016. The incident occurred at a shared accommodation facility in Townsville, operated by Cootharinga North Queensland. Cottam was employed by Cootharinga to care for his victim but attempted to manoeuvre her body to have sex with him when he was supposed to be assisting her in the shower.

An application by Victorian Hospitals’ Industrial Association (s.240 – Application to deal with a bargaining dispute) will be heard by Commissioner Cribb in Conference Room E and Conference F – Level 6 in Melbourne at 12.30pm.

Nurses have started a purple protest after losing patience with the $2.3 billion Royal Adelaide Hospital as they are forced to treat people in the carpark. Seven months after the $1 million-a-day-until-June-2046 hospital opened, nurses are donning purple scrubs in protest over what they say are risks to patients due to ambulances now chronically queued with patients in the carpark.

The Health Services Union and Monash Health will contest a s.739 (Application to deal with a dispute) at 10.30am before Commissioner Cribb in Conference Room E – Level 6 and Conference Room F – Level 6 in Melbourne.

An application by Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation (s.240 – Application to deal with a bargaining dispute) will be determined by Fair Work Commissioner Wilson in Court 4 – Level 6 and Conference Room C – Level 6 in Melbourne at 10am.

Western District Health Service has been served with a s.394 (Application for unfair dismissal remedy) by an ex-staffer (Rigby).

The Baptist Union of Queensland – Carinity has a s.372 (Application to deal with other contravention disputes) with which it must deal at 2pm today with Fair Work Commissioner Simpson in Hearing Room 2 in Brisbane.