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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.

A s.185 (Enterprise agreement) application by Arcare Pty Ltd T/A Arcare for its Arcare Pty Ltd, Aged Care Services, Queensland – Enterprise Agreement 2017 has been granted by Fair Work Deputy President Colman in Melbourne on 14 March 2018.

Kinga Wurm-Elkaid has pinged Nepean Blue Mountains Local Health District for a weekly stipend of $819.61, as a result of a successful claim in the NSW Workers Compensation Commission.