NEWS-HR

St Vincent’s Private Hospitals Ltd has a warrior class of s.739 (Application to deal with a dispute) on its hands before Fair Work Commissioner Booth in his Brisbane chambers (Bolitho/Castles).

William ‘John’ Torrens, or ‘Torro’ as he likes to be called has been missing for more than three months, after walking out of Fairview Nursing Home on January 5. Police are no closer to finding the 73-year-old Moree man.

The Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation and Epworth Foundation are s.739 (Application to deal with a dispute) combatants before Fair Work Commissioner Cribb in Conference Room E and Conference Room F – Level 6 in Melbourne at 10am today.

Biripi Aboriginal Corporation Medical Centre has been served with a s.394 (Application for unfair dismissal remedy). Fair Work Commissioner Saunders at Level 3, 237 Wharf Road in Newcastle will hear the application (Cowling).

Western District Health Service has a s.394 (Application for unfair dismissal remedy) to defend before Fair Work Commissioner Wilson in his Melbourne chambers (Rigby).

Scott O’Hara has been appointed as the new CEO of Accessible Arts – the peak arts and disability organisation in New South Wales.

Terrified residents of a retirement village in Melbourne’s west have locked themselves off from their suburb amid fears of rampant crime. Point Cook Village — a gated community that had shut its gates only at night — has been closing itself off from the outside world during the daytime at weekends. Residents who voted for the change are anxious about a spate of crime in the area, which has included aggravated burglaries, car jackings and a shooting only 1km away. Bike-riding troublemakers have also strayed on to the grounds, yelling and taunting residents.

Hot and windy weather is expected to inflame peat fires burning in southwest Victoria with up to 30 properties still in the danger zone. More than 225 firefighters have been battling the smouldering blazes at Lake Cobrico and Lake Elingamite for more than a fortnight as toxic fumes threaten residents in the nearby town of Cobden. Last week, 55 residents from a Cobden aged-care home were evacuated and the town’s primary school remained closed. Corangamite Shire mayor Jo Beard said the community was facing a long road ahead. “The community has been extremely patient,” she said. “We’re under no illusion … it’s something we’re going to have to get used to for a while.”