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THE CURRENT DIRECTION OF
THE FEDERAL WORKERS’
COMPENSATION SCHEME
National Workers’ Compensation Summit 2017
Tony MiddlebrookGeneral Manager, Insurance, Comcare
The Scheme
Scheme participation under the
SRC Act
Number of Australian Government
employers including the ACT
Government: 164
FTE employees 209 236
Number of Licensees – 34
FTE employees 184 385
Data as at 31 December 2016
Scheme participation under the WHS Act
Australian Government employers
including the ACT Government: 165
FTE employees 187 410
Licensees – 30
FTE employees 166 494
ADF
FTE employees 62,000
Data as at 31 December 2016
Scheme Snapshot
Key Data 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17*
Claims Received 7019 6142 3037
Average cost per claim $16,545 $16,615 $10,709
Incidence of claims received (per 1000 FTE employees)
19.0 16.4 15.4
Number of WHS notifications received for serious injury or illness
520 523 268
Number of WHS notifications received for fatalities
27 33 22
Comcare’s Insurance Scheme
Funding Position
Regulatory Approach
Comcare’s Compliance and Enforcement Policy
outlines our commitment to ensuring our regulatory
activities are consistent, accountable, proportionate,
responsive and targeted.
Digital Service Delivery
SRC Act Legislation
Two proposed amendments to the SRC Act via the
Seafarers and Other Legislation Amendment Bill
2016
Amendment to align retirement age in the SRC
Act with provisions of the retirement age in the
Social Security Act 1991
Amendment to enable employees who have a
‘catastrophic injury’ to reasonable personal and
attendant care services, as required
Better Practice -
Certificate of Capacity
Evidenced backed approach to work injury/illness
certificates
National client base
Working with other jurisdictions and personal
injury insurance organisations to improve
approach
Collaborative Partnership
The aim of the
collaborative partnership
is to improve work
participation using a
national collaborative
effort by public, private
and not-for-profit
organisations
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