A drug-affected driver who seriously injured a paramedic when he crashed head-on into an ambulance in Oldbury has been jailed for 18 months. Walter Ten Haaf, 33, was under the influence of methamphetamine when he drove his Nissan Navara onto the wrong side of Mundijong Road in October 2016 and smashed into an ambulance. Paramedic Wesley Ackerman was flown to hospital with life-threatening injuries, including fractures in his neck and back, a collapsed lung, a severed urethra and lacerations in his liver, spleen and bowel. District Court Judge Philip Eaton jailed Ten Haaf this morning for dangerous driving occasioning grievous bodily harm while under the influence of drugs.
January 24, 2018
Bupa Global, the international health insurance arm of Bupa, has announced the appointment of Jonathan Quach to general manager of Bupa Global Asia Pacific.
January 24, 2018
AlayaCare, an award-winning home healthcare software company, today is expanding its commitment to the Australian market through its hiring of Emma Pate as General Manager.
January 24, 2018
A Fullarton aged care home remains in partial lockdown after around 35 residents and several staff fell ill with a gastro bug. Fullarton Lutheran Homes isolated several of its care areas when the outbreak began a week ago and still has one area in lockdown and about 15 residents still affected. Chief executive Ashley Cooper said staff initiated the voluntary lockdown as part of its action plan and that no residents had been taken to hospital.
January 24, 2018
A s.185 (Enterprise Agreement) application by mayflower Brighton for its Mayflower Nurses Enterprise Agreement 2017 has been approved by Commissioner Harper-Greenwell in Melbourne on 22 January 2018.
January 23, 2018
Aveo is scheduled to defend a s.372 (Application to deal with other contravention disputes) before Vice President Catanzariti in his Sydney chambers (Johns).
January 23, 2018
HealthScope Limited has a s.372 (Application to deal with other contravention disputes) it must defend before Commissioner Booth in his Brisbane chambers (Zemanski).
January 23, 2018
An application by Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation (s.240 – Application to deal with a bargaining dispute) is before Commissioner Wilson in Court 5 & Conference Room D – Level 6 in Melbourne for ruling.
