North and West Remote Health Limited & Warren and Another face a s.365 (Application to deal with contraventions involving dismissal) before Fair Work Deputy President Boyce in his Brisbane chambers (Bewsher).
February 1, 2019
A s.185 (Application for approval of a single-enterprise agreement) from Orana Incorporated Limited for its Orana Australia Limited and United Voice Enterprise Agreement 2018 has been granted by Fair Work Commissioner Platt in Adelaide on 31 January 2019.
February 1, 2019
Life Without Barriers is set to defend a s.394 (Application for unfair dismissal remedy) in front of Fair Work Deputy President Beaumont in Hearing Room 12.05 in Perth (Sharkey).
February 1, 2019
Jim Minto was recently appointed as a director to Swiss Re Life & Health Australia and the firm’s advisory board. The former TAL chief executive and managing director currently serves on the boards of Dai-ichi Life Asia Pacific and Equity Trustees, as well as the National Disability Insurance Agency.
February 1, 2019
Police are investigating a shocking attack on a disabled man by three teenage girls in Adelaide’s northern suburbs. In disturbing vision, the young man is shown lying on the ground, cradling his head and crying as the offenders kick and punch him while screaming at him. The person who provided the two-minute video said the man being attacked has a disability.
February 1, 2019
An experienced Adelaide nurse has been banned from practising for nine months for giving a dangerous drug to the wrong patient and trying to cover it up. Ms Newblack admitted to the tribunal that she wrongfully administered intravenous morphine to the wrong patient on September 13, 2015. She also admitted she failed to report the wrongful administration, falsified records, encouraged two other staff members to stay silent and gave a false or misleading explanation to the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency. Ms Newblack told the tribunal that she had been dealing with a family crisis and agreed to look after the patients of another nurse, who was going on a tea break. One of her new tasks was to administer morphine to the patient, referred to as “BZ”, in cubicle 33. “(Ms Newblack) went alone into cubicle 36 and not cubicle 33. She did not check the patient’s name to ensure that she was dealing with patient BZ,” the tribunal stated. “This was in breach of the medical administration policy of SA Health as applied by Flinders Medical Centre — the policy requires two qualified nurses to be present at the time of administration.
January 31, 2019
Parents Without Partners Victoria has a s.394 (Application for unfair dismissal remedy) to answer before Deputy President Hamilton in his Melbourne chambers (Humphris).
January 31, 2019
A disability support worker has called out rangers who fined him $130 for driving through a ‘restricted road’ to pick up an ailing wheelchair-bound man on a hot day. Mikey Loaniddes admitted to using a restricted road through Centennial Parklands in Sydney on the Australia Day public holiday on Monday. But he said rangers at the event should have shown some discretion instead of fining him for trying to help ease his friend’s discomfort.
