Compensation

Everyone should have access to fair compensation when they have sustained an injury through no fault of their own.

Every day, people are injured at work, in the community, on the roads, in hospitals, on the streets and in detention. For many, an injury has a significant impact on their life, altering their relationships, health, income, where they can live, and their dreams for the future.

Australian Lawyers Alliance (ALA) members represent individuals who are living with significant injuries, fighting powerful companies and governments to ensure their clients receive the justice they deserve.

We continue to be inspired by our members' stories of their clients. The work of our members and their clients helps to protect other people from being injured in the future.

The ALA advocates for change to ensure that people have access to fair compensation, and retain their existing rights.

Across Australia, governments have sought to slash compensation available for individuals who have suffered injury at work or on the roads. Compensation available for other injuries continues to be under threat. We fight to protect the rights of the injured in order to ensure that they are able to continue to enjoy life and make choices that are right for them.

Our members advocate for fair compensation on issues such as:

  • transport accidents;
  • workers’ compensation;
  • medical negligence;
  • institutional abuse, including the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse;
  • victims of crime; and
  • unlawful detention.

Here is an overview listing of our compensation-related submissions to date:

Submission To Date
Submission to re-established birth trauma inquiry

Select Committee on Reproductive, Maternal and Paediatric Health Services in Tasmania

16 September 2024
Restricting the use of non-disclosure agreements (NDAs) in workplace sexual harassment cases

Industrial Relations Victoria, Department of Treasury and Finance, Victorian Government

12 September 2024
Current factors and trends influencing the cost of insurance under the statutory insurance scheme Motor Accident Insurance Commission, Queensland 4 September 2024

Use of e-scooters, e-bikes and related mobility options

Portfolio Committee No. 6 - Transport and the Arts, Legislative Council, Parliament of NSW 15 August 2024

Administrative Review Tribunal Rules 2024 (Cth)

Attorney-General's Department, Australian Government

5 August 2024

National Disability Insurance Scheme Amendment (Getting the NDIS Back on Track No. 1) Bill 2024 (Cth)

Community Affairs Legislation Committee, Senate, Parliament of Australia

Final Report

26 July 2024
Veterans’ Entitlements, Treatment and Support (Simplification and Harmonisation) Bill 2024 (Cth)

Senate Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade Committee, Parliament of Australia

Final Report

22 July 2024
Airline Passenger Protections (Pay on Delay) Bill 2024 (Cth) Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport Legislation Committee, Parliament of Australia 6 June 2024

Current factors and trends influencing the cost of insurance under Queensland's CTP insurance scheme

Motor Accident Insurance Commission, Queensland

3 June 2024

National Disability Insurance Scheme Amendment (Getting the NDIS Back on Track No. 1) Bill 2024 (Cth)

Community Affairs Legislation Committee, Senate, Parliament of Australia

Final report

22 May 2024
Workers’ Compensation and Rehabilitation and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2024 (Qld)

Education, Employment, Training and Skills Committee, Queensland Parliament

Final report

10 May 2024
Consultation Draft: Guide for Arranging Rehabilitation Assessments and Requiring Examinations Comcare, Australian Government 18 April 2024
Veterans' Legislation Reform – Exposure Draft: Veterans’ Entitlements, Treatment and Support (Simplification and Harmonisation) Bill 2024 (Cth) Department of Veterans’ Affairs, Australian Government 17 April 2024
Consultation Draft – Workers’ Compensation and Rehabilitation and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2024 (Qld) Workers' Compensation Regulatory Services, Office of Industrial Relations, Queensland 21 March 2024
Developing a ‘Guide for Arranging Rehabilitation Assessments and Requiring Examinations’ Comcare, Australian Government 4 March 2024
Improving consumer experiences, choice, and outcomes in Australia’s retirement system

Senate Economics References Committee, Parliament of Australia

Interim report

4 March 2024
Current factors and trends influencing the cost of insurance under Queensland's CTP insurance scheme Motor Accident Insurance Commission, Queensland 26 February 2024
Exposure Draft: Aged Care Bill 2023 (Cth) Department of Health and Aged Care, Australian Government 16 February 2024
Use of genetic testing results in life insurance underwriting The Treasury, Australian Government 30 January 2024
Reproductive, maternal and paediatric health services in Tasmania Select Committee on Reproductive, Maternal and Paediatric health services in Tasmania, Parliament of Tasmania 25 January 2024

Inquiry into the Workplace Injury Rehabilitation and Compensation Amendment (WorkCover Scheme Modernisation) Bill 2023

Hearing testimony from Shaun Marcus and Lachlan Fitch

Legislative Council Economy and Infrastructure Committee, Parliament of Victoria

Report

4 January 2024

Inquiry into the Freedom of Information Act 1982 (Vic)

Hearing testimony from Lachlan Fitch and Jeremy King (18 March 2024)

Integrity and Oversight Committee, Parliament of Victoria 21 December 2023
Aviation Green Paper Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications and the Arts 29 November 2023
Current factors and trends influencing the cost of insurance under Queensland's CTP insurance scheme Motor Accident Insurance Commission, Queensland 27 November 2023
Recommendations arising from Stakeholder Reference Group meetings 1, 2 and 3 Office of Industrial Relations, Queensland 23 November 2023
Table of Costs Review 2023 WorkCover Queensland 26 October 2023
Victims of Crime Assistance and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2023

Community Support and Services Committee, Queensland Parliament

Report

26 October 2023
Three-Year Review of the Motor Accident Injuries Act 2019 (ACT)

Insurance Branch, Economic and Financial Group, Treasury (ACT Government)

Review Report May 2024

MAI Commission Response to Report

5 October 2023
2023 Review of the Workers Compensation Scheme

Standing Committee on Law and Justice, Legislative Council, Parliament of NSW

Report

Government response

8 September 2023
Treatment, care and support guidelines National Injury Insurance Scheme Agency, Queensland 1 September 2023
Foundations of a New Aged Care Act The Department of Health and Aged Care, Australian Government 7 September 2023

The National Disability Insurance Scheme: Recommendations in response to the What we have heard report

What we have heard report

Independent Review of the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS Review)

Final Report (December 2023)

21 August 2023

An inquiry into the options available to survivors of institutional child sexual abuse in Western Australia who are seeking justice

Hearing testimony from Graham Droppert SC, Eleanor Scarff and Sara Connor-Stead

WA Parliament Community Development and Justice Standing Committee

Report

17 August 2023
Birth trauma

Select Committee on Birth Trauma, Legislative Council, Parliament of NSW

Final report

10 August 2023
Workers' Compensation and Injury Management Bill 2023 WA Minister and Shadow Minister for Industrial Relations 9 June 2023
Administrative Review Reform Federal Attorney-General's Department 12 May 2023
Veterans’ Legislation Reform Consultation Pathway The Department of Veterans' Affairs 11 May 2023
2023 Review of Queensland’s Compulsory Third Party (CTP) insurance scheme Motor Accident Insurance Commission (Qld) 20 April 2023
Aviation White Paper Terms of Reference

Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications and the Arts

Aviation White Paper

9 March 2023
2023 Review of the Operation of the Queensland Workers' Compensation Scheme

Queensland Workers' Compensation Regulatory Services, Office of Industrial Relations

Report

7 March 2023
Access to offenders’ superannuation for victims and survivors of child sexual abuse The Federal Treasury 15 February 2023
Consultation regarding current advertising restrictions in the Personal Injuries Proceedings Act 2002 (Qld) The Hon. Shannon Fentiman MP, Queensland Attorney-General 16 December 2022
Capability and Culture of the NDIA

Joint Standing Committee on the NDIS

Intermin Report

Final Report

15 December 2022

Public consultation - Regulation of medical practitioners who provide cosmetic medical and surgical procedures

The Medical Board of Australia 9 December 2022
Regulating re-entry to the National Injury Insurance Scheme, Queensland Office of Industrial Relations, Queensland 9 December 2022
Return to Work SA Scheme Select Committee on the Return to Work SA Scheme 4 November 2022
2022 Review of the Lifetime Care and Support scheme

New South Wales Legislative Council Standing Committee on Law and Justice

Report

28 September 2022

2022 Review of the Compulsory Third Party Insurance Scheme

Hearing testimony by Andrew Stone SC representing the ALA (pp.11-21)

New South Wales Legislative Council Standing Committee on Law and Justice

Report

28 September 2022
Work Health and Safety Act 2011 (Qld) Review Office of Industrial Relations, Queensland 23 September 2022

Personal Injury Commission Statutory Review

NSW State Insurance Regulatory Authority 23 September 2022

Additional submission on the ‘Injured worker medical consultations’ draft, the addition consent form, and rehabilitation guidelines

See initial submission here

Office of Industrial Relations, Queensland 9 September 2022
Investigation into WorkSafe self-insurers

Victorian Ombudsman

Report

15 August 2022

2022 Review of the Workers Compensation Scheme (NSW)

Hearing testimony by Shane Butcher on behalf of the ALA NSW Committee (pp.7-18).

Post-hearing additional evidence

New South Wales Legislative Council Standing Committee on Law and Justice

Report

8 August 2022
Costs Recovery Guidelines – Issues Paper Transport Accident Commission, Victoria 2 June 2022

Health Practitioner Regulation National Law and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2022

Hearing Testimony by Lidia Monteverdi, representing ALA's Medical Law Special Interest Group (pp.5-6)

Additional Evidence (submitted 9 June)

Queensland Parliament Health and Environment Committee

Report

1 June 2022

Personal Injuries Proceedings and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2022 – PIPA, WCRA and LPA claims farming

Queensland Parliament Legal Affairs and Safety Committee 22 April 2022
Additional submission on proposed changes to the definition of ‘terminal illness’ in the Workers’ Compensation and Rehabilitation Act 2003 (Qld) Workers' Compensation Regulatory Services (Qld) 22 March 2022
QLD CTP Industry Stakeholders Submission Motor Accident Insurance Commission (Qld) 3 March 2022
Proposed changes to the definition of ‘terminal illness’ in the Workers’ Compensation and Rehabilitation Act 2003 (Qld) Workers' Compensation Regulatory Services (Qld) 25 February 2022
Claims farming amendments to the Workers’ Compensation and Rehabilitation Act 2003 (Qld) Workers' Compensation Regulatory Services (Qld) 25 February 2022

Proposed reforms to Personal Injuries (Liabilities and Damages) Act 2003 (NT)

Northern Territory Attorney-General's Department 18 January 2022

Maurice Blackburn Submission – Financial Accountability Regime Bill 2021 [Provisions] and Financial Services Compensation Scheme of Last Resort Levy Bill 2021 [Provisions] and related bills

Annexure: ALA letter – Inquiry into Financial Accountability Regime Bill 2021, the Financial Services Compensation Scheme of Last Resort Levy Bill 2021 and related bills

Senate Standing Committees on Economics 17 December 2021
Supreme and County Court costs review of litigious costs The Supreme Court of Victoria and the County Court of Victoria 15 December 2021
Consultations on the ‘Injured worker medical consultations’ draft, the addition consent form, and rehabilitation guidelines Office of Industrial Relations, Queensland 10 December 2021

The lack of commitment to have face-to-face conferences in regional Queensland

ALA Queensland Policy Paper 10 December 2021

Facing the facts – The urgent need for further regulation of cosmetic procedures advertising

ALA Policy Report 16 November 2021
2021 Review of the Dust Diseases Scheme NSW Legislative Council Standing Committee on Law and Justice 11 November 2021
QLD CTP Industry Stakeholders Submission Motor Accident Insurance Commission, Queensland 9 November 2021

Submission to the initial review of Personal Injury Commission rules

NSW Personal Injury Commission 7 October 2021

Proposed National Disability Insurance Scheme legislative improvements and the Participant Service Guarantee

Australian Government Department of Social Services 7 October 2021
Stapling and Group Life Insurance Policies in Superannuation Financial Services Council 2 September 2021

Compensation Scheme of Last Resort

Annexure: Maurice Blackburn Submission - Compensation Scheme of Last Resort Proposals

Financial System Division, Treasury 13 August 2021

Statutory Review of the Motor Accident
Injuries Act 2017

State Insurance Regulatory Authority 2 August 2021

Response to Consultation Paper: Options to broaden the permitted uses of body-worn camera footage in Victoria

Annexure: Letter from the Attorney-General to ALA

Victorian Department of Justice and Community Safety 26 July 2021

Addressing the inequity between physical and mental injury compensation in the Victorian workers’ compensation

Recommendation for reform 20 July 2021
Impairment Assessment Guidelines – Proposed Changes ReturntoWorkSA and Rob Lucas MLC, Treasurer of South Australia 25 June 2021

Comments on the draft Motor Vehicles (Compulsory Third Party Insurance) (Miscellaneous) Variation Regulations 2021

South Australia's CTP Regulator 12 May 2021

Independent Assessments

Joint Standing Committee on the National Disability Insurance Scheme, Parliament of Australia

30 March 2021

Discussion Paper for Administrative Appeals Tribunal Working Group on Workers’ Compensation Matters

Administrative Appeals Tribunal Working Group on Workers’ Compensation Matters

29 March 2021

Treasury Review of the Australian Financial Complaints Authority: Terms of Reference

AFCA Review Secretariat, The Treasury, Australian Government 25 March 2021

Comments on the draft Injury Claim Form and Fatality Claim Form

CTP Regulator, South Australia 23 March 2021

Current factors and trends influencing the cost of insurance under the statutory insurance scheme

Motor Accident Insurance Commission, Queensland Government

4 March 2021

Comments on the Civil Liability (Institutional Child Abuse Liability) Amendment Bill 2021

South Australian Attorney-General 2 March 2021
Victorian Workers’ Compensation System: Independent Review into the Agent Model and the Management of Complex Claims – Options Paper Peter Rozen QC 21 January 2021

2020 Review of the Compulsory Third Party Insurance Scheme

Standing Committee on Law and Justice, Parliament of NSW

23 December 2020

Your Future, Your Super package

The Treasury, Australian Government

21 December 2020

Draft Civil Liability (Child Abuse Settlements) Bill 2020

Policy, Reform and Legislation, Department of Communities and Justice, NSW Government

15 December 2020

Current factors and trends influencing the cost of insurance under the statutory insurance scheme

Motor Accident Insurance Commission, Queensland

24 November 2020

Review of Legal Support for Injured People in the NSW CTP Scheme

State Insurance Regulation Authority, NSW Government

4 November 2020

Individual Disability Income Insurance in Australia

Actuaries Institute

27 October 2020

Inquiry into the National Redress Scheme for Institutional Child Sexual Abuse Amendment (Technical Amendments) Bill 2020

Senate Standing Committees on Community Affairs, Parliament of Australia

Report

20 October 2020
Victorian Workers’ Compensation System: Independent Review into the Agent Model and the Management of Complex Claims Peter Rozen QC 18 September 2020
Services Australia’s COVID-19 Measures and Enterprise Risk Management Australian National Audit Office 26 August 2020

Comments on the Civil Liability (Institutional Child Abuse Liability) Amendment Bill 2020

South Australian Attorney-General 25 August 2020

Consultation Regulatory Impact Statement: Regulating re-entry to the National Injury Insurance Scheme in Queensland after accepting treatment, care and support damages

Office of Industrial Relations, Queensland Government

17 August 2020

Inquiry into the NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission

Subsequent appearance at online public hearing on 29 September 2020. (Thomas Ballantyne can be read from p15.)

Subsequent response to questions on notice from public hearing, submitted on 6 November 2020.

Joint Standing Committee on the National Disability Insurance Scheme, Parliament of Australia

28 July 2020
Personal Injury Commission

The Hon. Victor Dominello MP, Minister for Customer Service, Parliament of NSW

15 June 2020
Claim management standards

Mr David Vincent, General Manager, Queensland Motor Accident Insurance Commission

2 June 2020

Current factors and trends influencing the cost of insurance under the statutory insurance scheme

Queensland Motor Accident Insurance Commission

2 June 2020

2020 Review of the Workers Compensation Scheme

Subsequent response to questions on notice from public hearing, submitted on 2 September 2020.

Standing Committee on Law and Justice, Parliament of NSW

29 May 2020
NDIS Workforce Parliament of Australia, Joint Standing Committee on the National Disability Insurance Scheme 15 April 2020
Current factors and trends influencing the cost of insurance under the statutory insurance scheme Queensland Motor Accident Insurance Commission 9 March 2020
Consultation on Prudential Standard SPS 250 Insurance in Superannuation Australian Prudential Regulation Authority 3 February 2020
Accident Compensation Conciliation Service – Arbitration Powers

Victorian Government Department of Justice and Community Safety

30 January 2020
Superannuation Data Transformation Project Topic Paper 1 - RSE Structure and Profile Australian Prudential Regulation Authority 17 January 2020
Suggested amendments to the MAIC's Additional Information Form and Report of Traffic Incident to Police Form Queensland Motor Accident Insurance Commission 4 October 2019
Rehabilitation standards for CTP insurers Queensland Motor Accident Insurance Commission 2 October 2019
Current factors and trends influencing the cost of insurance under the statutory insurance scheme Queensland Motor Accident Insurance Commission September 2019
NDIS Planning

Parliament of Australia, Joint Standing Committee on the National Disability Insurance Scheme

Interim Report

12 September 2019

Workers’ Compensation and Rehabilitation and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2019

Subsequent appearance at public hearing on 16 September 2019. (Greg Spinda can be read from p6.)

Education, Employment
and Small Business Committee, Queensland Parliament

Report

6 September 2019
Response to Motor Accident Insurance Commission Survey Queensland Motor Accident Insurance Commission August 2019

2019 review of the Dust Diseases Scheme

Subsequent appearance at public hearing in Sydney on 16 September 2019. (Joanne Wade can be read from p35.)

Parliament of NSW, Standing Committee on Law and Justice

Report

19 August 2019
Proposed amendments to the Motor Accident Guidelines — Version 5 State Insurance Regulation Authority, NSW Government 26 July 2019
Compliance and performance review of the workers compensation Nominal Insurer, icare

NSW Government, State Insurance Regulation Authority

Report

18 July 2019
Workers’ compensation entitlements for workers in the gig economy and the taxi and limousine industry in Queensland Office of Industrial Relations, Queensland 5 July 2019

Motor Accident Insurance and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2019

Subsequent appearance at public hearing in Brisbane on 22 July 2019. (Rod Hodgson and Greg Spinda can be read from p8.)

Economics and Governance Committee, Queensland Parliament

Report

3 July 2019
Universal terms for insurance within MySuper – Taking action on recommendation 4.13 of the Banking, Superannuation and Financial Services Royal Commission Financial Services Reform Taskforce, The Treasury 26 April 2019
Enforceability of financial services industry codes – Taking action on recommendation 1.15 of the Banking, Superannuation and Financial Services Royal Commission Financial Services Reform Taskforce, The Treasury 12 April 2019
Inquiry into current factors and trends influencing the cost of insurance under the statutory insurance scheme MAIC CTP Premiums Team 21 February 2019
Consultation Draft – Life Insurance Code of Practice Financial Services Council 10 January 2019
Workers Compensation Medical Dispute Assessment Guidelines State Insurance Regulatory Authority (NSW) 11 December 2018

Civil Liability and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2018

Subsequent appearance at public hearing in Brisbane on 11 February 2019. (Michelle James can be read from p4.)

Queensland Legal Affairs and Community Safety Committee

Report

7 December 2018

Inquiry into current factors and trends influencing the cost of insurance under the statutory insurance scheme

CTP Premiums Team, Motor Accident Insurance Commission 30 November 2018
Workers Compensation Regulation 2018 Dispute Reform Program, State Insurance Regulatory Authority, NSW Government 22 November 2018

2018 review of the Dust Diseases Scheme

Subsequent appearance at public hearing in Sydney on 25 January 2019. (Joanne Wade and Gerard McMahon can be read from p26.)

NSW Standing Committee on Law and Justice

Report

2 November 2018
Options for the implementation in the Northern Territory of civil litigation reforms recommended by the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse Northern Territory Department of Attorney-General and Justice 1 November 2018
Royal Commission into Misconduct in the Banking, Superannuation and Financial Services Industry — Response to policy questions arising from Module 6

The Hon. Kenneth Madison Hayne AC QC

Interim Report

Final Report

22 October 2018

Inquiry into Motor Accident Injuries Bill 2018 — Exposure Drafts and Guide to the Motor Accident Injuries Bill 2018 Exposure Draft

Subsequent appearance at public hearing in Canberra on 19 November 2018. (Noor Blumer and Amy Burr can be read from p67.)

Standing Committee on Justice and Community Safety of the ACT Legislative Assembly

Report

17 October 2018

Civil Aviation (Carriers' Liability) Review

Department of Infrastructure, Regional Development and Cities 14 September 2018
Extending unfair contract terms protections to insurance contracts The Treasury 23 August 2018
Inquiry into the implementation of the National Disability Insurance Scheme and the provision of disability services in New South Wales

NSW Legislative Council Portfolio Committee No. 2 - Health and Community Services

Report

17 August 2018

Inquiry into the Australian Government response to the redress related recommendations of the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse

Subsequent appearance at public hearing in Sydney on 10 October 2018. (Dr Andrew Morrison RFD SC can be read from p13.)

Joint Select Committee on Oversight of the Implementation of Redress Related Recommendations of the Royal Commission

Report

31 July 2018
Superannuation: Assessing Efficiency and Competitiveness
Stage 3: Assessing Efficiency and Competitiveness
Productivity Commission 11 July 2018

Inquiry into the National Redress Scheme for Institutional Child Sexual Abuse (Commonwealth Powers) Bill 2018

Subsequent appearance at public hearing in Brisbane on 20 July 2018. (Michelle James can be read from p5.)

Subsequent response to questions on notice from public hearing, submitted on 24 July 2018.

Health, Communities, Disability Services and Domestic and Family Violence Prevention Committee

6 July 2018

2018 review of the workers compensation scheme

Subsequent appearance at public hearing in Sydney on 24 July 2018. (Andrew Stone SC and Shane Butcher can be read from pp. 2–15.)

Standing Committee on Law and Justice

Report

20 June 2018

2018 review of the Compulsory Third Party insurance scheme

Subsequent appearance at public hearing in Sydney on 23 August 2018. (Andrew Stone SC can be read from p55.)

Standing Committee on Law and Justice

Report

18 June 2018
Mental Health and Insurance

The Honourable Kenneth Madison Hayne AC QC

Interim Report

Final Report

14 June 2018

National Redress Scheme for Institutional Child Sexual Abuse Bill 2018 and related bill

Senate Standing Committees on Community Affairs

Report

23 May 2018
Changes to Motor Accident Guidelines

State Insurance Regulatory Authority (SIRA)

11 May 2018
Proposed responses to the Royal Commission's civil litigation recommendations Department of Justice NSW 13 April 2018
2018 Review of Qld Workers' Compensation Scheme Queensland Office of Industrial Relations April 2018
The need for regulation of mobility scooters, also known as motorised wheelchairs

Senate Standing Committees on Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport

Report

13 March 2018
WorkCover Queensland's decision to withdraw work from regional lawyers The Hon. Grace Grace MP, Qld Minister for Industrial Relations February 2018

Improving workers compensation dispute resolution in NSW

NSW Department of Finance, Services and Innovation 16 February 2018

Independent review of the Return to Work Act 2014

The Hon. John Mansfield AM QC

Report

9 February 2018

Commonwealth Redress Scheme for Institutional Child Sexual Abuse Bill 2017 and related Bill

Supplementary Submission:

  1. Commonwealth Redress Scheme for Institutional Child Sexual Abuse Bill 2017 (submitted 22 February 2018)

Senate Standing Committees on Community Affairs

Report

2 February 2018
Establishment of the Australian Financial Complaints Authority (AFCA) Consultation Paper AFCA Transition Team, Financial Services Unit, The Treasury 17 November 2017

Statutory review of the State Insurance and Care Governance Act 2015

Standing Committee on Law and Justice

Report

6 November 2017
Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Amendment (Early and Effective Rehabilitation) Bill 2017 Department of Employment, Government of Australia 2 November 2017

Insurance Draft Insurance in Superannuation Code of Practice and consultation paper

The Insurance in Superannuation Working Group (ISWG) 18 October 2017
Treasury Laws Amendment (Putting Consumers First—Establishment of the Australian Financial Complaints Authority) Bill 2017

Senate Standing Committees on Economics

Report

29 September 2017
Competition in the Australian Financial System Productivity Commission 22 September 2017
Work Health and Safety and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2017

Finance and Administration Committee, Queensland Parliament

Report

14 September 2017
Superannuation: Assessing Competitiveness and Efficiency Productivity Commission 4 September 2017

National Disability Insurance Scheme Costs (Response to Position Paper released on 14 June 2017.)

Productivity Commission

Position Paper

Report

12 July 2017
Submission to the ISWG's discussion paper Member communication and engagement

The Insurance in Superannuation Working Group (ISWG)

Code of Practice

2 June 2017

Best practice review of Workplace Health and Safety Queensland

Supplementary Submission:

  1. Supplementary Submission regarding Best Practice Review of Workplace Health and Safety Queensland (submitted June 2017)

Queensland Government

Report

May 2017
Submission to the ISWG's discussion paper Claims handling

The Insurance in Superannuation Working Group (ISWG)

Code of Practice

10 May 2017

Review of the Lifetime Care and Support Scheme

And subsequent appearance at public hearing, on 2 June 2017. (Genevieve Henderson can be read from p3.)

NSW Parliament Standing Committee on Law and Justice

Report

5 May 2017
Review of the Motor Vehicle Accidents (Lifetime Support Scheme) Act 2013 (SA)

Parliament of South Australia Social Development Committee

Report

Government response

21 April 2017
Public Health (Infection Control) Amendment Bill 2017 (QLD)

Health, Communities, Disability Services and Domestic and Violence Prevention Committee

Report

20 April 2017
Submission to the ISWG's discussion paper Account balance erosion due to insurance premiums The Insurance in Superannuation Working Group (ISWG) 7 April 2017
Review of National Disability Insurance Scheme Costs

Productivity Commission

Position Paper

Report

24 March 2017
An inquiry into consumer protection in the banking, insurance and financial sector

Senate Standing Committees on Economics

Report

7 March 2017
The provision of services under the NDIS for people with psychosocial disabilities related to a mental health condition

Joint Standing Committee on the NDIS

Report

27 February 2017
The provision of hearing services under the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS)

Joint Standing Committee on the NDIS

Report

30 January 2017
Joint letter regarding the first review of the workers' compensation scheme Standing Committee on Law and Justice, NSW Legislative Council 30 November 2016
Joint letter in response to the Government’s Discussion Paper Reforming Insurer Profit in CTP Motor Vehicle Insurance NSW State Insurance Regulatory Authority 25 November 2016

Inquiry into the life insurance industry

Subsequent appearance at public hearing, on 24 February 2017. (Josh Mennen can be read from p18.)

Parliamentary Joint Committee on Corporations and Financial Services 18 November 2016
Inquiry into the Return to Work Act 2014 (SA) and Scheme

SA Occupational Safety Rehabilitation and Compensation Committee

Report

31 October 2016
First review of the workers' compensation scheme Standing Committee on Law and Justice 10 October 2016
Review of the Queensland CTP Scheme Motor Accident Insurance Commission 16 September 2016
Legal Profession response to CTP Reform Consultation Observations

NSW CTP Reform Reference Panel

CTP Reform Consultation Observations - 2 September 2016

9 September 2016
Joint letter to CTP Panel - NSW CTP insurance scheme reform NSW CTP Reform Reference Panel 23 August 2016
Joint letter to CTP Panel - NSW CTP insurance scheme reform NSW CTP Reform Reference Panel 29 July 2016
Preliminary submission - commissions and payments review Australian Bankers Association Independent review
of product sales commissions
and product based payments
29 July 2016
Workers' Compensation and Rehabilitation (National Injury Insurance Scheme) Amendment Bill 2016

Queensland Parliament Education, Tourism, Innovation and Small Business Committee

Report

Government response

July 2016
Draft Workers Compensation Regulation 2016 Ms Carmel Donnelly, Executive Director, Workers and Home Building Compensation Regulation, State Insurance Regulatory Authority, NSW Government 21 June 2016
Third party claims on compensation money NSW Law Reform Commission 25 May 2016
First review of Compulsory Third Party (CTP) insurance scheme NSW Standing Committee on Law and Justice 13 May 2016
Submission on the National Injury Insurance Scheme (Queensland) Bill 2016 Queensland Parliament Education, Tourism, Innovation and Small Business Committee May 2016

Additional terms of reference - submission on life insurance industry

Senate Standing Committee on Economics 15 April 2016
Regulation of pre-injury average weekly earnings NSW State Insurance Regulatory Authority 8 April 2016
Inquiry into a fair and balanced model for implementing the National Injury Insurance Scheme Queensland Parliament
Communities, Disability Services and Domestic and Family Violence Prevention Committee
8 January 2016
Consultation on the Regulation of Legal costs for Work Capacity Decision Reviews NSW State Insurance Regulatory Authority (SiRA), Consultation on the Regulation of Legal Costs for Work Capacity Decision Reviews 1 December 2015
Independent Review of the Operation of the National Disability Insurance Scheme Act 2013 Independent Review of the NDIS Act 9 October 2015
Providing redress for institutional abuse in Victoria: Critical next steps Department of Justice, Victoria 2 October 2015
Inquiry into Schedule 2 of the Veterans’ Affairs Legislation Amendment (2015 Budget Measures) Bill 2015 Senate Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade Committee, Inquiry into Veterans’ Affairs Legislation Amendment (2015 Budget Measures) Bill 2015 11 September 2015
Remedies for the serious invasion of privacy in New South Wales NSW Standing Committee on Law and Justice, Inquiry into remedies for the serious invasion of privacy in NSW 4 September 2015
Restoration of rights for injured Queensland workers QLD Finance and Administration Committee, Inquiry into the Workers' Compensation and Rehabilitation and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2015 6 August 2015
FOI: 449 incidents reported to Comcare by the Department of Immigration and Border Protection as noted in the DIBP Annual Report Department of Comcare 12 June 2015
Issues Paper 8: experiences of police and prosecution responses Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse, Issues Paper 8; Experience of police and prosecution responses 12 June 2015
Undermining the Comcare Scheme Senate Education and Employment Legislation Committee, Inquiry into the Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Amendment (Improving the Comcare Scheme) Bill 2015 28 April 2015
National Injury Insurance Scheme, Workplace Accidents: Ensuring sustainability and consumer choice Department of Treasury, NIIS Regulation Impact Statement, Workplace Accidents Consultation 12 April 2015
Limitation periods in civil claims for child sexual abuse NSW Department of Justice 10 March 2015

Redress and civil litigation: Providing effective remedy for survivors of abuse

And subsequent appearance at public hearing, on 27 March 2015. (Dr Andrew Morrison SC can be read from p13796).

Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse, Consultation paper on redress and civil litigation 2 March 2015
Return to Work Bill and the South Australian Employment Tribunal Bill (SA) Attorney-General's Department, South Australia 12 September 2014

Proposed changes to the Comcare Scheme: Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Legislation Amendment Bill 2014 (Cth)

Senate Standing Committee on Education and Employment, Inquiry into the Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Legislation Amendment Bill 2014 (Cth) 5 June 2014
National Injury Insurance Scheme: Motor Vehicle Accidents Department of Treasury, National Injury Insurance Scheme, Motor Vehicle Accidents, Consultation Regulation Impact Statement 30 May 2014
The NDIS Rules: The missing core of the Scheme, NDIS Rules Consultation Paper NDIS Secretariat March 2013
NSW Disability Services Act review NSW Parliament 23 February 2013
Towards a better scheme: Certainty, Accountability, Empowerment, Sustainability: The NDIS Bill 2012 (Cth) Senate Standing Committee on Community Affairs January 2013
Key issues for feedback Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse 26 November 2012
The SA CTP Green Paper Economics and Finance Committee, Inquiry into the SA CTP Scheme 9 November 2012
Eligibility and reasonable and necessary support: Draft descriptions released by the Select Council on Disability NDIS Secretariat 28 September 2012
The Australian Lawyers Alliance signed the Open letter to the NSW Attorney-General, Victims Compensation Vital for Victims Open letter to the NSW Attorney-General regarding proposed changes to NSW victims' compensation 25 September 2012
ALA submission to the Family and Development Committee, Inquiry into the handling of child abuse by religious and other organisations VIC Family and Development Committee, Inquiry into the handling of child abuse by religious and other organisations (which led to the publication of the Betrayal of Trust report) 3 July 2012
Workers compensation and Newstart: Analysis of transition for injured workers Senate Education, Employment and Workplace Relations
Committee regarding the Inquiry into the adequacy of the allowance payment
system for jobseekers and others.
July 2012
Review of the NSW Victims' Compensation Scheme Response to the Review of the NSW Victim's Compensation Scheme conducted by PriceWaterhouseCoopers 30 April 2012

Response to Public Discussion Paper: South Australia's Compulsory Third Party Insurance Scheme, 2012 Green Paper

Executive summary and recommendations

Department of Treasury (SA), South Australia's Compulsory Third Party Insurance Scheme Green Paper April 2012
Eleventh Review of the MAA and MAC NSW Standing Committee on Law and Justice 3 November 2011
Proposed amendments to Part 8: Attendant Care Guidelines NSW Lifetime Care and Support Authority 11 August 2011
Review of the Lifetime Care and Support Scheme NSW Standing Committee on Law and Justice August 2011
Review of the Motor Accidents Authority and Motor Accidents Council NSW Standing Committee on Law and Justice August 2011
Regulation of Service Providers in the NSW Workers' Compensation System (WorkCover NSW Discussion Paper) WorkCover NSW 26 May 2011
Eligibility criteria for amputees under LTCS Scheme NSW Lifetime Care and Support Authority 18 May 2011