Bupa Aged Care has a s.394 (application for unfair dismissal remedy) with which it must deal before Commissioner Platt (by telephone ACDT SA Time) in Adelaide (Begum).
November 25, 2021
OzNDIS Pty Ltd is set to face a s.394 (application for unfair dismissal remedy) in front of Commissioner Simpson in Chambers in Brisbane (Rosenbaum).
November 25, 2021
Community Living Australia Ltd will defend a s.394 (application for unfair dismissal remedy) in front of Commissioner Mirabella (video using Microsoft Teams) in Melbourne (Mullins).
November 25, 2021
Diabetes Australia, this week, welcomes new Group CEO Justine Cain to her role. Ms Cain has more than two decades of senior executive experience within the health and human services sectors. Ms Cain’s experience includes executive management roles in Operations and Strategy for one of Australia’s largest health insurers, Director of Integration with a national assistive technology company within the Aged Care and Disability Sectors, as well as significant experience leading large scale national health services. Diabetes Australia Independent President and Board Chair Dr Michael Stanford AM said the organisation was excited to be able to attract a leader of Ms Cain’s caliber. “Justine has had a distinguished career leading complex organisations, including key business units of Medibank, as well as experience on the Board of Uniting Care Queensland and the Queensland Advisory Board for the Starlight Children’s Foundation. We believe her expertise will help drive Diabetes Australia forward,” Dr Stanford said. “Justine is a leader with the skills and strategic foresight to lead the organisation through its next chapter to become an even stronger, more unified and influential organisation supporting all people living with, or at risk of, diabetes.” Ms Cain’s major achievements with Medibank included winning and running the national $1.3 billion Garrison Health Services contract which provided the full range of health services for the Australian Defence Forces in Australia. Under her leadership the tender grew to $2 billion over the life of the contract.
November 25, 2021
Tracy Mackey is the new National Disability Insurance Scheme Quality and Safeguards Commissioner. Ms Mackey has been the Chief Executive Officer of the NSW Environment Protection Authority since October 2019 and previously held senior executive positions with the NSW Department of Education and in the Commonwealth.
November 24, 2021
Western Australia’s Attorney General John Quigley has announced the appointment of Jacqueline McGowan-Jones to the office of Commissioner for Children and Young People. McGowan-Jones takes over from Mr Colin Pettit, who was appointed to the role in 2015. The new commissioner is currently the Chief Executive Officer of Thirrili Ltd, an indigenous led and controlled organisation delivering critical supports and services to families and communities following a loss to suicide or other fatal traumatic incident. She holds an Executive Masters of Public Administration from Curtin University. She will be the first Indigenous Australian to be appointed to the role. “Ms McGowan-Jones brings a wealth of relevant experience to the office of Commissioner and I welcome her to the role.” Quigley said, announcing the appointment earlier this week. “Prior to her current role with Thirrili Ltd, Ms McGowan-Jones held a number of senior positions including with the National Disability Insurance Agency, the Victorian Department of Health and Human Services and the Western Australian Departments of Education and Indigenous Affairs. “Through her participation on a number of boards and committees Ms McGowan-Jones has also contributed to important bodies of work with a focus in the Aboriginal health and education sectors. She has previously contributed to the Office of the Commissioner for Children and Young People through membership of the Youth Justice Reference Group.
November 22, 2021
The former long-serving president of the workplace tribunal, Justice Geoffrey Giudice, has died aged 74. Mr Giudice was appointed president of the Australian Industrial Relations Commission by the Howard government in 1997 and resigned as president of the newly branded Fair Work Australia in 2012 after overseeing three major overhauls of workplace law, including WorkChoices and the Fair Work Act. Last year, he was diagnosed with an inoperable brain tumour and in recent weeks was receiving palliative care at home.
November 22, 2021
Jessicare Pty Ltd has been served with a s.394 (application for unfair dismissal remedy) and must answer to Deputy President Masson (video using Microsoft Teams) in Melbourne (Dominick).
