The House of Representatives Standing Committee on Health, Aged Care and Sport released the final report on Quality of Care in Residential Aged Care Facilities on 22 October 2018 (the Report). The Report comes after a series of government inquiries into aged care and...
Saba Nouri was born on 3 November 2011 to the plaintiffs with severe disabilities. Saba’s disabilities were characterised as VACTERL association – a collection of vertebral, anorectal, cardiac, tracheo-oesophageal, oesophageal, renal and limb abnormalities. The...
Paul Milward was aged 53 at the time of his death on 31 August 2015 and resided at an aged care residential facility. Mr Milward suffered from Huntington's disease, depression, gastro-oesophageal reflux disease and asthma. He was on numerous medications. It was...
Generally, under the Fair Work Act 2009 (Cth) (FWA) an employee can only bring an unfair dismissal claim if their employment has been terminated at the initiative of the employer. Prior to the decision of the Full Bench of the Fair Work Commission in Saeid Khayam v...
We summarise below the key changes to the FW Act that may impact on you or your business: Higher penalties The maximum penalties for civil remedy provisions of the FW Act have now increased tenfold. An employer who seriously contravenes their obligations under...
The Aged Care Amendment (Ratio of Skilled Staff to Care Recipients) Bill 2017 is seeking “to enhance the level of care provided by aged care facilities nation-wide” according to Senator Derryn Hinch’s Second Reading Speech. The Bill proposes that a minimum adequate...
In Medical Board of Australia v GMZ, a practitioner was found to have self-administered schedule 4 drugs over a period of 6 years that had not been legitimately prescribed to him. The practitioner had also made false representations to obtain the drugs and forged...