Footnotes

Committee Majority Report

[1]        Comcare's access to the consolidated revenue fund was closed off as an indirect result of a Federal Court decision in 2006.

[2]        DEEWR, Submission 1, p. 2.

[3]        DEEWR, Report of the Review of Self-insurance arrangements under the Comcare Scheme, January 2009, (released 25 September 2009), p. 2.

[4]        The Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Commission, Submission to the Review of Comcare self insurance arrangements, p. 4.

[5]        The Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Commission, Submission to the Review of Comcare self insurance arrangements, pp. 4-5.

[6]        DEEWR, Report of the Review of Self-insurance arrangements under the Comcare Scheme, January 2009, p. 8.

[7]        The Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Commission, Submission to the Review of Comcare self insurance arrangements, p. 4.

[8]        The Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Commission, Submission to the Review of Comcare self insurance arrangements, p. 4.

[9]        The Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Commission, Submission to the Review of Comcare self insurance arrangements, p. 11.

[10]      The Hon Julia Gillard MP, 'Government announces moratorium on new companies joining Comcare', media release, 11 December 2007.

[11]      The Hon Julia Gillard MP, 'Minister announces Terms of Reference for Comcare Review', media release, 23 January 2008; DEEWR, Report of the Review of Self-insurance arrangements under the Comcare Scheme, January 2009, (released 25 September 2009), p. 2.

[12]      DEEWR, Report of the Review of Self-insurance arrangements under the Comcare Scheme, January 2009, (released 25 September 2009), p. 2.

[13]      ACTU, Submission to the Review of Comcare self insurance arrangements, pp. 6-7.

[14]      The Law Society of NSW, Submission to the Review of Comcare self insurance arrangements, p. 1.

[15]      ACTU, Submission to the Review of Comcare self insurance arrangements, p. 2; Andersons Solicitors, Submission to the Review of Comcare self insurance arrangements, pp. 2-3.

[16]      Andersons Solicitors, Submission to the Review of Comcare self insurance arrangements, p. 3. Available from: http://www.deewr.gov.au/WorkplaceRelations/Policies/ComcareReview/Pages/publishedsubs.aspx (accessed 4 February 2010).

[17]      TWUA, Submission to the Review of Comcare self insurance arrangements, p. 4

[18]      Law Council of Australia, Submission to the Review of Comcare self insurance arrangements, p. 3; See also NSW Government, Submission to the Review of Comcare self insurance arrangements, p. 3.

[19]      National Council of Self Insurers Inc, Submission to the Review of Comcare self insurance arrangements, p. 2.

[20]      K&S Corporation, Submission to the Review of Comcare self insurance arrangements, p. 1.

[21]      The Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Commission, Submission to the Review of Comcare self insurance arrangements, p. 13.

[22]      DEEWR, Report of the Review of Self-insurance arrangements under the Comcare Scheme, January 2009, (released 25 September 2009), p. 2.

[23]      The Hon Jason Clare MP, Parliamentary Secretary for Employment, House of Representatives Hansard, 26 November 2009, p. 1.

[24]      Paula Pyburne, Bills Digest no. 78 2009-10, Occupational Health and Safety and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2009, 6 January 2010, p. 7.

[25]      Explanatory Memorandum, p. 2.

[26]      DEEWR, Submission 1, p. 3. For more background on this aspect see the committee's report, Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2006 [Provisions], February 2007.

[27]      The Hon Jason Clare MP, Second Reading Speech, House of Representatives Hansard, 26 November 2009, p. 12963.

[28]      DEEWR, Submission 1, p. 3.

[29]      The only exceptions are South Australia and Tasmania.

[30]      DEEWR, Submission 1, p. 3.

[31]      K&S Corporation Submission 2, p. 1.

[32]      Mr Henry Lis, DEEWR, [Proof] Committee Hansard, 18 February 2010, p. 5.

[33]      Ms Flora Carapellucci, DEEWR, [Proof] Committee Hansard, 18 February 2010, p. 5.

[34]      Ms Flora Carapellucci, DEEWR, [Proof] Committee Hansard, 18 February 2010, p. 3.

[35]      Explanatory Memorandum, p. 5.

[36]      DEEWR, Submission 1, p. 4.

[37]      K&S Corporation Submission 2, p. 1.

[38]      Explanatory Memorandum, pp. 5-6.

[39]      DEEWR, Submission 1, p. 2.

[40]      DEEWR, Submission 1, pp. 2-3.

[41]      DEEWR, Submission 1, p. 3.

[42]      Paula Pyburne, Bills Digest no. 78 2009-10, Occupational Health and Safety and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2009, 6 January 2010, p. 9.

[43]      DEEWR, Report of the Review of Self-insurance arrangements under the Comcare Scheme, January 2009, p. 22.

[44]      Paula Pyburne, Bills Digest no. 78 2009-10, Occupational Health and Safety and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2009, 6 January 2010, p. 9.

[45]      K&S Corporation Submission 2, p. 1.

[46]      Ms Michelle Baxter, DEEWR, [Proof] Committee Hansard, 18 February 2010, p. 1.

[47]      Ms Michelle Baxter, DEEWR, [Proof] Committee Hansard, 18 February 2010, pp 1-2.

[48]      Explanatory Memorandum, p. 5.

[49]      Premium claims are lodged by agencies' employees for injuries or diseases attributable to employment from 1 July 1989, when the premium system began.

[50]      Pre-premium claims are those claims attributable to employment before 1 December 1988 that had not been fully or partly discharged by this date.

[51]      DEEWR Submission 1, pp 4-5.

[52]      DEEWR, Submission 1, p. 5.

[53]      DEEWR, Submission 1, p. 5.

[54]      DEEWR, Submission 1, p. 6.

[55]      Explanatory Memorandum, p. 6.

[56]      DEEWR, Submission 1, p. 7.

[57]      Senate Standing Committee for the Scrutiny of Bills, Alert Digest, No 1 of 2010, 3 February 2010, p. 29.

[58]      Senate Standing Committee for the Scrutiny of Bills, Alert Digest, No 1 of 2010, 3 February 2010, p. 29.

[59]      Senate Standing Committee for the Scrutiny of Bills, Alert Digest, No 1 of 2010, 3 February 2010, pp. 29-30.

[60]      Ms Michelle Baxter, DEEWR, [Proof] Committee Hansard, 18 February 2010, p. 2.

[61]      Mr Henry Lis, DEEWR, [Proof] Committee Hansard, 18 February 2010, p. 9.

Coalition Senators Minority Report - Occupational Health and Safety and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2009

[1]        Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations (DEEWR), Report of the Review of Self-insurance arrangements under the Comcare Scheme, January 2009, (released 25 September 2009), p. 25.

[2]        DEEWR, Report of the Review of Self-insurance arrangements under the Comcare Scheme, January 2009, (released 25 September 2009), p. 25.

[3]        [Proof] Committee Hansard, 18 February 2010, p. 3.

[4]        [Proof] Committee Hansard, 18 February 2010, p. 4.

[5]        K&S Corporation, Submission 2, p. 1.

[6]        DEEWR, Report of the Review of Self-insurance arrangements under the Comcare Scheme, January 2009, (released 25 September 2009), p. 25.

[7]        DEEWR, Report of the Review of Self-insurance arrangements under the Comcare Scheme, January 2009, (released 25 September 2009), p. 22.

[8]        DEEWR, Submission 1, pp 2-3.

[9]        [Proof] Committee Hansard, 18 February 2010, p. 11.

[10]      K&S Corporation, Submission 2, p. 1.

[11]      DEEWR, Answers to questions taken on notice, Question 7, p. 4.