Knoxfield Medical Centre Pty Ltd is up against a s.394 (Application for unfair dismissal remedy) before Deputy President Masson in court 9 – level 5 in Melbourne (Logan).
August 29, 2017
A former high-ranking St John Ambulance officer has been convicted of child sex charges related to two underage volunteer cadets. Daniel Patrick Symons was found guilty on Friday of nine of 11 charges, including having unlawful sexual intercourse with one of the girls and inducing both to expose their bodies. His trial heard how the 29-year-old engaged in lewd conversations with the girls on Facebook and encouraged them to send him indecent images on Snapchat. District Court judge Stephen McEwen handed down his verdicts after a judge alone trial, ruling that Symons was in a position of authority over the two cadets. Judge McEwen said evidence of the conversations was “overwhelming” and he found Symons was motivated by sexual gratification. Symons will face a sentencing hearing in October.
August 29, 2017
UnitingCare Wesley Port Adelaide Inc is facing a s.394 (Application for unfair dismissal remedy) before Deputy President Anderson in his Adelaide chambers at 4.15pm (King).
August 29, 2017
A Geelong pensioner who smashed an ATM then set fire to it out of frustration with his bank, causing almost $200,000 in damage, has narrowly avoided a jail term due to ill health. At 73 years old, Ivan Russell Edwards is frail, with heart, kidney and lung problems. He lives a quiet life, earning $550 a fortnight on a disability pension. The retired construction worker told the Geelong County Court he “lost the plot” after hassling phone calls from the ANZ tipped him over the edge.
August 29, 2017
St John of God Health Care Inc faces a second day in the Commission over a s.394 (Application for unfair dismissal remedy) lodged by Sajish Kanamkombil.
August 29, 2017
An investigation into the suicide death of an 18-year-old girl from Newcastle in New South Wales has found the local mental health service failed to provide her with safe and adequate care. Ahlia Raftery was able to take her own life at the Mater Mental Health Centre in 2015 — despite repeatedly preparing to do so, telling staff about her plans, and attempting suicide in the same way just days earlier in another ward. The report found Ms Raftery should have been observed at least every 15 minutes, but nurses were making observations at a distance, from a nurse’s station. It said “no staff member approached or engaged with Ahlia” for at least 40 minutes before the alarm was raised, adding the lack of supervision was “difficult to understand”. Three months ago, the Mater Mental Health Service apologised to the Raftery family, saying it had already made changes to the wards, to make the bedding and the furniture safer.
August 29, 2017
Frances Newchurch has won her unfair dismissal claim against Tangentyere Council Aboriginal Corporation. The cook now waits the compensation determination of Commissioner Bissett in Melbourne.
August 29, 2017
A Monash nursing home has been hit by a gastro outbreak for the second time in three months. The Royal Freemasons’ Monash Gardens residential care centre in Mulgrave alerted relatives and friends of residents yesterday about the outbreak. In two letters sent to relatives the centre’s facility manager, Vim Rajeswaran said: “Regrettably I must advise that in the past 24 hours it has become evident that Monash Gardens is experiencing a gastroenteritis outbreak.”
