A man accused of raping a fellow resident at a disability group home also sexually assaulted two other people on multiple occasions, the Victorian Ombudsman has found. Disability services provider Autism Plus and the Department of Health and Human Services put clients at risk by failing to move the man despite repeated warnings, a report published by the ombudsman concluded.
September 25, 2017
A woman has been rushed to hospital after she crashed her car into the kitchen of an Albany aged care unit late on Saturday evening. It is understood the woman had been driving her Holden Commodore when she ran an intersection at the corner of David Street and Ulster Road, and crashed the car into a brick wall bordering the facility.
September 25, 2017
Michael Monaghan has joined the board of Australian Ethical as a non-executive director, in addition to his current board roles with big data start-up Alpha Vista Financial Services and aged care provider HammondCare.
September 25, 2017
Spectrum Community Focus Limited is facing a (s.394 – Application for unfair dismissal remedy) complaint which will be heard by Senior Deputy President Hamberger in Hearing Room 15-1 – level 15 in Sydney (Valenzuela).
September 25, 2017
Specialist Diagnostic Services Pty Ltd T/A QML Pathology has had its QML Pathology Enterprise Agreement 2017 application approved.
September 25, 2017
An application by Health Services Union (s.229 – Application for a bargaining order) will fall to Commissioner Cribb in Conference Rooms E & F – Level 6 in Melbourne for a decision.
September 25, 2017
Senior SA State Government executive Veronica Theriault has been arrested, charged and sacked for alleged dishonesty amid bizarre claims she used multiple identities, faked a CV and lied to get her job. The Government dumped the top public servant in charge of sensitive computer services amid fears it is the victim of an elaborate Hollywood-style scam. Department of Premier and Cabinet staff were told in July that a woman named Veronica Theriault would become chief information officer, a position that pays up to $244,000 a year. It can be revealed she was sacked, just seven weeks after starting on August 3, and has now been charged by police with offences related to dishonesty. The department has launched an urgent review of its hiring processes.
September 25, 2017
A s.185 (Enterprise agreement) application by Mater Misericordiae Limited T/A Mater Group for its Mater Health Practitioners’ Enterprise Agreement 2016-2019 has been granted by Commissioner Johns in Sydney on 22 September 2017.
