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A Townsville doctor has been remanded in custody after being charged with eight counts of rape and perverting the course of justice. The man did not appear in the Townsville Magistrates Court on Saturday when the matter was briefly mentioned. It is understood the man’s lawyer was not available to make any application for bail so the matter was adjourned until today.

A s.185 (Application for approval of a single-enterprise agreement) from Lee Hostel Committee Inc T/A Lee Hostel Committee Incorporated for its Lee Hostel Committee Inc, NSWNMA and HSU NSW Enterprise Agreement 2017-2020 has been ratified by Fair Work Commissioner Saunders in Newcastle on 22 March 2018.

More than 50 aged care residents in Victoria’s southwest have been relocated over concerns about toxic smoke following bushfires. Relief centres have also been established at Terang and Cobden, and residents are encouraged to check in with health authorities over the smoke from peat fires expected to burn for weeks. The relocation of aged care residents from Cobden came as Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull visited the town on Sunday one week after bush and grass fires destroyed 26 homes, 63 sheds and thousands of livestock.

Wesley Mission Queensland is in a s.739 (Application to deal with a dispute) before Fair Work Commissioner Booth in his Brisbane chambers at 1.30pm (Lee).

A s.159 (Alteration of other rules of organisation) application from the Australian Salaried Medical Officers Federation has been approved by Murray Furlong in Melbourne on 13 March 2018.

Regis Healthcare has appointed specialist pediatrician Professor Christine Bennett as one of two new independent non-executive directors.

A section 394 (Application for unfair dismissal remedy) involving both Andrew Collins and the Bendigo Health Care Group will see both sides ‘lawyering up’.

An application by Frank Whiddon Masonic Homes of New South Wales Pty Limited (s.319 – Application for and order relating to instruments covering new employer and non-transferring employees) will be determined by Fair Work Commissioner Booth in his Brisbane chambers today.