A carer who repeatedly stabbed a woman in her care has been granted bail in Southport Magistrate’s Court this morning. The 58-year-old woman, who cannot be named for legal reasons, allegedly stabbed the 56-year-old woman overnight, leaving her with serious injuries. The alleged victim was rushed to Gold Coast University Hospital for emergency surgery and is now in a serious but stable condition in the intensive care unit.
February 19, 2018
A s.185 (Enterprise agreement) application by Eldercare Inc T/A Eldercare for its Eldercare Inc Nursing Employees Enterprise Agreement 2017-2019 has been granted by Fair Work Commissioner McKinnon in Melbourne on 16 February 2018.
February 19, 2018
A man has been remanded in custody after he was charged with a stabbing murder at a Melbourne Salvation Army crisis accommodation centre. The 43-year-old victim died in hospital on Friday after being stabbed at West Melbourne’s Flagstaff crisis accommodation centre about 7.30am.
February 19, 2018
A Perth lawyer has been charged by major fraud squad detectives over the alleged theft of $1.9 million from a solicitor’s trust account. The money, which included funds held for distribution to deceased estates, had been held in trust for clients of the law firm. The woman has been charged with nine counts of stealing as a servant and is due to appear in Perth Magistrates Court next month.
February 19, 2018
Opal has appointed Tamara Hitchcock as its chief marketing officer.
February 19, 2018
A major investigation into Victoria’s private drug and alcohol sector has been launched after a banned addiction counsellor was charged for allegedly continuing to practice. Victoria’s Health Complaints Commissioner Karen Cusack is set to probe claims of exploitative billing practices as well as concerns about unsafe or useless treatments in the state’s addiction counselling industry. The HCC has received almost 30 complaints about private drug and alcohol services in the past year, prompting the Andrews Government to commit $550,000 in extra funds to prove the sector.
February 16, 2018
Blue Cross Community Care Services Group Pty Ltd has a s.739 (Application to deal with a dispute) before Fair Work Commissioner Harper-Greenwell in Court 5 and Conference Room D – Level 6 in Melbourne (Lekay).
February 16, 2018
The former South Australian minister at the centre of the Oakden mental health facility scandal has announced she will not contest the March state election. In a letter to Premier Jay Weatherill on Thursday, Lisa Vlahos – formerly the state’s mental health minister – said the Independent Commissioner Against Corruption planned to release the findings of an investigation into abuse at the facility in the weeks before the election. “While I expect no adverse finding, I am concerned that the timing of the release of this report could mean that my candidature could become a distraction at this most important time,” she wrote.
