A reported assault at an aged care centre where patients from the condemned Oakden facility were transferred is being investigated by police. SA Police has declined to provide key details about the incident. It is the first reported case of assault at the Northgate facility since residents moved there from the former Oakden nursing home in June, after revelations of systemic mistreatment.
January 8, 2018
A Sch.1, Cl. 6(3) RO Act (Application for an extension by a TRA) by the Queensland Nurses and Midwives’ Union of Employees has been agreed by Fair Work Vice President Hatcher in Sydney on 21 December 2017.
January 8, 2018
About 30 residents were evacuated from an aged care home in Golden Square after a fire in the automatic door. Golden Square and Bendigo CFA crews responded to the call-out to the Golden Oaks facility in Stoneham Street after a fire appeared to start in the electrical component above the automatic sliding door. A staff member put out the fire with a dry chemical extinguisher and residents were evacuated before firefighters arrived.
January 8, 2018
A s.185 (Enterprise Agreement) application by Christian Brethren Community Services T/A Christian Brethren Community Services for its CBCS, NSWNMA and HSU NSW Enterprise Agreement 2017-2020 has been approved by Fair Work Commissioner Saunders in Newcastle on 21 December.
January 8, 2018
Canberra Hospital cleaners have won the right to strike after almost six years without a pay rise. The Australian Electoral Commission declared the specialist cleaners, who earn about $21 an hour, successfully voted to take a range of industrial actions, including a ban on cleaning toilets and collecting waste, as well as stopping work. The cleaners received a small bonus earlier this year, but have been locked in a fight with ACT Health to bring their wages in line with public service cleaners for more than a year. About 100 cleaners are affected and the group have called on the ACT government to fix its contract with ISS – the company which employs them – to allow for a pay rise. The company claims it cannot pay the cleaners any more than an extra 64 cents an hour, due to insufficient funds in its contract.
January 8, 2018
A s.394 (Application for unfair dismissal remedy) by Diego Velasquez against Cabrini Health Limited has been rejected by Deputy President Gostencnik in Melbourne on 21 December 2017.
January 8, 2018
The culture at the disgraced Oakden nursing home in Adelaide appears to have been transferred to another facility, a victim’s family member has said, with police saying three assault investigations were underway.
January 8, 2018
A s.185 (Enterprise Agreement) application by Our Lady of Consolation Aged Care & Services Ltd for its OLOC, NSWNMA and HSU NSW Enterprise Agreement 2017-2020 has been approved by Commissioner Saunders in Newcastle on 19 December 2017.
