Friday, 26 September 2008
An independent review into Victoria’s workers compensation legislation
was released for community consultation today. Minister for WorkCover,
Tim Holding, said the independent review was conducted by Peter Hanks QC.
Mr Hanks consulted widely throughout the process of producing his report,
receiving over 150 submissions and engaging in over 100 hours of face-to-face
consultation. “This is the first independent Review of Victoria’s workers
compensation legislation in over 20 years,” Mr Holding said.
“I thank Mr Hanks for his work as we now embark on a period of further
consultation to assist in the development of the Government’s response
to the report’s recommendations.“While we have the best workers
compensation system of any jurisdiction in Australia, we will look to this
process for further ways to improve the support and services provided
to injured workers and reduce the administrative burden on Victoria’s
employers.
”The review contains over 150 recommendations that will be the subject
of further consultation.Mr Holding said the Government would
receive and consider feedback from the community before
commenting on the report’s recommendations.( Make sure you
do Mr Holding)
The Government has appointed Mr Peter Rose to lead the
consultation. Mr Rose has been involved as a lead adviser
to a number of Australian Government insurance reviews
and has also advised the Victorian Government on insurance
issues.
WCV's: All injured workers need to write to Mr Rose with our
complaints and free will letters to prevent many of the unfair
and unreasonable review suggestions form being implemented
“The Government will also review the financial and operational viability
of the recommendations to ensure the Government response is affordable,
sustainable and appropriate,” Mr Holding said.
Electronic copies of the Hanks Report will be available
at http://www.compensationreview.vic.gov.au/
Printed copies can be requested by email to act_review@worksafe.vic.gov.au
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