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A s.185 (Enterprise Agreement) application by Aged Care Services Australia Group Pty Ltd for its Aged Care Services Australia Group Pty Ltd South Australian Aged Care Employees Enterprise Agreement 2017 has been granted by Fair Work Commissioner Harper-Greenwell in Melbourne on 22 December 2017.

A s.185 (Enterprise Agreement) application by Dougherty Apartments Retirement Housing Project for its Dougherty Apartments, NSWNMA and HSU NSW Enterprise Agreement 2017-2020 has been approved by Fair Work Commissioner Saunders in Newcastle on 21 December 2017.

Woolgoolga & District Retirement Village Ltd T/A Woolgoolga & District Retirement Village has had its Woolgoolga & District Retirement Village Ltd, NSWNMA and HSU NSW Enterprise Agreement 2017-2020 application approved.

A s.185 (Enterprise Agreement) application by Tocumwal Lions Community Hostel Ltd for its Tocumwal Lions Community Hostel Ltd, NSWNMA and HSU NSW Enterprise Agreement 2017-2020 has been granted by Fair Work Commissioner Saunders in Newcastle on 22 December 2017.

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.

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.

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.

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.