A s.185 (Enterprise Agreement) application by Seventh-day Adventist Aged Care (North NSW) Ltd T/A Adventist Senior Living for The Adventist Senior Living, NSWNMA and HSU NSW Enterprise Agreement 2017-2020 has been approved by Fair Work Commissioner Saunders in Sydney on 31 January.
February 1, 2018
Investigations are continuing into the discovery of more than 500 cannabis plants found growing inside a former nursing home in Sydney’s west. Police raided the former Wynleigh Nursing Home on Chalmers Road at Strathfield on Tuesday morning. With the assistance from the Bass Hill Region Enforcement Squad, officers searched the property and allegedly found 530 cannabis plants growing under hydro lights throughout the building. The plants were ripped up and seized, along with the hydroponic equipment used to grow them. The old aged care home was declared a crime scene and examined by forensic police. No charges have yet been laid, with investigations into the discovery continuing.
February 1, 2018
A s.185 (Enterprise Agreement) application by Tinonee Gardens The Multicultural Village Limited for its Tinonee Gardens The Multicultural Village Limited, NSWNMA and HSU NSW Enterprise Agreement 2017-2020 has been granted by Commissioner Saunders in Sydney on 31 January 2018.
February 1, 2018
More charges could be laid against an Adelaide chiropractor who has admitted to using hidden cameras to indecently film hundreds of his patients including children, the Adelaide Magistrates Court has heard. Last month the man, whose identity is suppressed, pleaded guilty to 216 charges including indecent filming, production of child exploitation material and assault. The court previously heard the man was a self-confessed sex addict and filmed female clients aged between 11 and 60 while they were undressing in change rooms. On two occasions he filmed the vaginas of a young girl and a woman during massages. The court heard when one of his patients discovered she was being filmed he physically assaulted her trying to retrieve his camera and SD card. During a hearing on Wednesday the man was expected to be committed to the District Court for sentencing. However, the prosecution told the court they were contemplating laying further charges against him stemming from an analysis of “e-crime material”. Around 30 of the man’s victims attended the court hearing.
February 1, 2018
The community representative commissioner for the Victorian Multicultural Commission (VMC) Dr Sundram Sivamalai has been reappointed for a second term.
February 1, 2018
Dozens of witnesses have been interviewed and more than 200,000 pages of documentation obtained as the state’s anti-corruption watchdog works to finalise its Oakden report. In his first newsletter of the year, independent Commissioner Against Corruption Bruce Lander has given a rare insight into the progress of a blight in the healthcare bureaucracy.
February 1, 2018
A woman who allegedly secured a $245,000-a-year job with the South Australian Department of Premier and Cabinet thanks to a fake CV that claimed she had worked for some of the world’s largest technology companies has faced court charged with deception and dishonestly dealing with documents. Veronica Theriault, who appeared in Adelaide Magistrates Court via video link from Perth, was appointed as the state government’s chief information officer in August on a three-year contract. She also allegedly told staff that she was “an experienced ICT professional with over 20 years in senior leadership positions”, and claimed to hold a number of degrees, including a master of business administration. There are also suggestions that Ms Theriault acted as her own referee under an alias. The CIO role required Ms Theriault, who was 44 when charged in September, to modernise the government’s information and communication technology strategy and oversee sensitive computer services. But just seven weeks into the role, Ms Theriault, who reportedly signed off her emails with the title “Chief Geek”, was sacked by DPC chief executive Don Russell and charged by the state’s Independent Commissioner Against Corruption, Bruce Lander, following an investigation into the legitimacy of her application. Alan Corkill, believed to be Ms Theriault’s brother, also appeared in court yesterday after he was charged last year with deception and aiding and abetting Ms Theriault’s alleged offending. It is understood that Mr Corkill was allegedly appointed to a lucrative “service integration team leader” contract role during Ms Theriault’s tenure.
January 31, 2018
LTC Care Services Pty Ltd & Hunter Care Services Pty Ltd and Others has a s.576(2)(aa) (Promoting cooperative and productive workplace relations and preventing disputes) before Commissioner Saunders in Training Room realise Performance Suite 514, 2-8 Brookhollow Ave Baulkham Hills NSW 2153 for the second day.
