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O’Farrell rewards Shooters & Hunters for ongoing support of ongoing attacks on NSW working people

By on June 19, 2013 in Corruption, Politics, WorkCover NSW

The body representing the interests of hunters has been handed a $1.7 million funding increase in the NSW budget. “This massive budget increase is an apparent reward for the Shooters Party for their ongoing support for the O’Farrell government’s ongoing attacks on working people in NSW,” Greens NSW MP David Shoebridge  rightly said. O’Farrell rewards [...]

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More corruption: Green slip change link to Minister Greg Pearce’s Liberal mate Michael Photios

By on June 18, 2013 in Corruption, Politics, Shame files, WorkCover NSW

Embattled Finance Minister Greg Pearce introduced green slip reforms, expected to make insurance companies tens of millions of dollars, after meetings with the industry set up by controversial Liberal lobbyist Michael Photios’ firm, a trail of emails reveals. More corruption: Green slip change link to Minister Greg Pearce Liberal mate Michael Photios Mr Pearce also [...]

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Greg Pearce avoids the sack after alcohol, expenses & other scandals

By on June 15, 2013 in Corruption, Politics, WorkCover NSW

According to the NSW ABC 7.30 report, New South Wales finance minister Greg Pearce has avoided the sack after being found to have breached ministerial travel guidelines and admitting to drinking while at work! Instead Barry O’Farrell has given him some”personal leave” to deal with stress and, ohhh, exhaustion… We can just imagine that constant [...]

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Minister Greg Pearce also appointed his mates to the workcover board of NSW!

By on June 14, 2013 in Corruption, Politics, Shame files, WorkCover NSW

This article  in the Daily Telegraph today, kindly shared by our co-author Bunny, shows how alleged drunken and dishonest Finance Minister Greg Pearce – architect of the draconian NSW workcover reforms, also appointed his friend to the board of Workcover in NSW! Jobs for mates claim as Greg Pearce awaits fate Finance Minister Greg Pearce [...]

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Finance Minister Greg Pearce – architect of NSW injured workers law reforms drunk and dishonest

By on June 9, 2013 in Politics, Shame files, WorkCover NSW, WTF

For anyone concerned about the NSW O’Farrell Government’s assault on Workers Compensation, CTP and Victims Compensation, Greg Pearce’s alleged reckless drunken behaviour in parliament is a huge concern.  Mr Pearce has been the chief architect of laws that has added enormous insult to injury for anyone injured at work, in a motor vehicle accident, or [...]

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Workcover NSW changes will hurt injured workers and their families

By on May 2, 2013 in Media, Politics, Premiums, WorkCover NSW

WorkCover changes are hurting injured workers and their families big time! Shame on the O’Farrell Government for misleading the public. The O’Farrell Government is happy to crow about a reduction to workers compensation premiums, but they refuse to admit that their gift to the business community has been paid for by the suffering of thousands [...]

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Barry’s reform adds insult to the injured

By on April 24, 2013 in Politics, WorkCover NSW, WTF

The United Service Union says Injured  are ‘starting to pay’. This was recently highlighted in a documentary on ABC entitled “Workcover NSW insurance reforms upset victims”. We couldn’t agree more, as we too hear everyday from NSW injured workers, and how they have been extremely adversely affected by the Barry’s reforms. Injured workers (and their [...]

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Unions will rise to defend the rights of (injured) workers

By on March 26, 2013 in Politics, Unions, WorkCover NSW

Our current state government is beginning to resemble a magic eye picture. Barry O’Farrell is often accused of being a “do-nothing” premier. However, he has actually done more to slant this state’s economic and industrial profile towards business interests than any politician in living memory. Unions will rise to defend the rights of workers I [...]

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Injured workers rightly uneasy about Inquiry into Workers Compensation QLD

By on March 25, 2013 in Politics, Premiums, WorkCover QLD

Workers in Queensland have good reason to be uneasy about the Parliamentary Committee Inquiry by the Queensland Government into the State’s workers’ compensation system whose results will be handed down soon. It is feared that there is strong agitation from the QLD government to push down the workers compensation premium further, which would be coupled [...]

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Workcover’s mental health hazard say injured workers

By on March 20, 2013 in Petitions, Politics, Psych, Shame files, Stories, WorkCover

Most injured workers call workcover a “mental health hazard” and, like us, would love nothing more than the  government to order a public inquiry. Workcover’s mental health hazard say injured workers Just about all injured workers who contact and interact with us,  share their stories with us, or frequent our forum say they feel beaten [...]

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Are Australia’s new anti-bullying laws fit for the workplace?

By on February 21, 2013 in Articles & Research, Bullying & Stress, Politics

Thanks to Trinny, we stumbled on a rather intriguing article entitled “Australia’s new anti-bullying rules are fine for the schoolyard, not the workplace“, written by Emma-Kate Symons, an Australian journalist based in Paris. She is a columnist with the Australian Financial Review. Not sure she knows what she is talking about, honestly!   Australia’s new [...]

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When the workcover system lets you down…

By on February 18, 2013 in Fraud & Abuse, Politics, Resources, WorkCover

To better our WorkCover system so we more effectively get injured workers phsyically (and mentally) better and back to work we have to really speak up. How about flooding the Minister for Workcover’s inbox with hundreds, thousand of heart felt emails? When the workcover system lets you down… Do you feel you could have been [...]

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Workers comp should go beyond age 65: Shorten

By on January 27, 2013 in Articles & Research, Entitlements, Insurance claims, Legislation, Medicare, News, Permanent impairmemt, Politics, Serious injury, Superannuation, WorkCover, Workers compensation, Workplace injury, WTF

Most people will prepare to work until retirement. Even then, we are encouraged to be productive and work longer than the retirement age, if possible. What happens if your injured at work? If your over the workcover retirement age? Australia’s Workcover insurance system doesn’t cover workers over the age of 60 years. The system puts [...]

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Billion dollar cost blow-out: Failure to deal with workplace bullying costing dearly

By on January 13, 2013 in Bullying & Stress, Comcare, Politics, Premiums, Psych

Interesting fact concerning this alleged cost blowout: Comcare has been dealing with a rash of controversial compo claims, many for bullying and “adjustment disorder” – a type of psychological injury due to work-related stress. A failure to deal adequately with workplace bullying seems to be a major contributing factor surrounding this cost blow-out, perhaps?. Public [...]

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Happy New Year? Lives will be destroyed when injured workers lose entitlements overnight

By on January 1, 2013 in Compensation, Politics, WorkCover NSW, Workers compensation

Robbie Lawrence … changes will cost him $250,000. Robbie Lawrence is the human face that represents what is about to happen to thousands of injured workers across NSW starting today. New caps on benefits trigger cuts to workers’ comp payments THOUSANDS of people who made workers compensation claims before October will see their benefits cut [...]

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Tackling bias towards people with disability

By on December 26, 2012 in Articles & Research, Employment, Legislation, Media, Petitions, Politics, Return to work, suitable employment, unfair dismissal, WorkCover, WorkCover SA, Workers compensation

December 3 2012, Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations Bill Shorten launched a public consultation on proposals to boost employment participation for people with disability. The fight for equal opportunity for people with disabilities in finding suitable work could easily commence in South Australia through the WorkCover system. Where many of those on WorkCover are [...]

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