A s.185 (Enterprise agreement) application from Burnside War Memorial Hospital Inc for the Burnside War Memorial Hospital Health Professionals and Support Services Employees Enterprise Agreement 2017 has been approved by Fair Work Commissioner McKinnon sitting in Melbourne on 2 May 2018.
May 3, 2018
A violent thug who stabbed and bit a manager of a Ballarat retirement village while on bail has been sentenced to jail. The actions of Timothy Cakebread were on Tuesday slammed by County Court Judge Mark Gamble as “selfish” as he was sentenced to one year and three months behind bars. The court was told the 26-year-old had been abusing benzodiazepines when he attempted to unlock cars on a Delacombe street in the early hours of July 7 last year. He wandered into Meadow Gardens Retirement Village and woke up a woman resident as he broke into a car about 4.15am. She called the manager who ran to the scene before a series of scuffles broke out, with Cakebread stabbing him in the arm with a screwdriver and biting him before fleeing down the street.
May 3, 2018
Hynes Legal has appointed Anne Marie Cassaniti as its clinical consultant to the aged care and retirement living team.
May 3, 2018
A carer has been jailed after attempting to rape a severely disabled woman at a Townsville care facility. David Jack Peter Cottam abused a position of trust he held as a carer with support service Cootharinga North Queensland when he attempted to have sex with a female client who could not walk, talk or defend herself. Cottam was sentenced in Townsville District Court yesterday after pleading guilty to one count of abuse or attempted abuse of a person with impairment of the mind as a guardian or carer. The court heard the offence took place on December 26, 2016, while Cottam was supposed to be looking after his victim. Crown Prosecutor Dane Marley said Cottam had a meeting with Cootharinga management after the incident where he admitted he had committed the act for his own sexual satisfaction. The victim suffers from cerebral palsy and a range of other conditions. Cottam’s defence barrister Anthony Collins claimed his client was “obviously suffering some kind on underlying condition” but psychologist reports presented to the court suggested there was no diagnosable issue with the 24-year-old.
May 2, 2018
Monash Health is battling a s.739 (Application to deal with a dispute) before Fair Work Commissioner Cribb in Conference Room E and Conference Room F – Level 6 in Melbourne today (Singh).
May 2, 2018
VCPS Pty Ltd & Sonic HealthPlus Pty Ltd has a s.732 (Application to deal with other contravention disputes) on foot before Deputy President Hamilton in Court 3 and Conference Room B – Level 6 in Melbourne today (Singh).
May 2, 2018
Eureka Operations Pty Ltd has a s.372 (Application to deal with other contravention disputes) summons to appear before Fair Work Commissioner Platt in his Adelaide chambers at 10am (Dunn).
May 2, 2018
Epworth Foundation will defend a s.739 (Application to deal with a dispute) lodged by a staff member (Nesci).
