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Healthcare Australia Pty Ltd will face a s.394 (Application for unfair dismissal remedy) in front of Commissioner Hampton in chambers in Adelaide (Harnett).

Southern Cross Community Healthcare Pty Ltd has a s.394 (Application for unfair dismissal remedy) to answer before Deputy President Asbury in chambers in Brisbane (Leffanue).

Canberra Health Service will deal with a s.739 (Application to deal with a dispute) today in front of Deputy President Kovacic in Meeting Room 3 in Canberra (Lahoria).

The Australian Capital Territory Government, Community Services Directorate is facing a s.739 (Application to deal with a dispute) before Deputy President Kovacic in chambers in Canberra (Fitzgibbons).

An application by Corporation of the Trustees of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Brisbane – Centacare Administration Services (s.120 – Application to vary redundancy pay for other employment or incapacity to pay) will be reviewed by Fair Work Commissioner Booth in chambers in Brisbane.

APRA has announced the appointment of a new executive director of its policy and advice division. Renee Roberts will take on the role, after previously holding a range of senior leadership roles in the banking and insurance sectors. Roberts will leave her position as chief operating officer at QBE, which she has held since June 2018. Prior to that she was deputy chief executive and chief risk officer at the National Disability Insurance Agency and held a number of senior roles at the National Australia Bank on-and-off for over 25-years.

Former ACTU president and business lobbyist Martin Ferguson has been appointed by the Coalition to the Fair Work Commission’s annual minimum wage review expert panel for five years. Attorney-General Christian Porter said Mr Ferguson, a former federal ALP Cabinet Minister who works for the resources and tourism sector, would be joined by labour market academic Mark Wooden and Deloiite partner Adele Labine-Romain as new part-time members of the panel.

Warrina Innisfail & Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation have a s.576(2)(aa) (Promoting cooperative and productive workplace relations and preventing disputes) awaiting adjudication by Fair Work Commissioner Spencer in chambers in Brisbane.