Labor’s Discussion Paper On WorkCover - Does It Matter?
With a reasonable amount of fanfare, Labor’s WorkCover Policy Statement was released on Friday 24 January 2014. The following Friday morning the chances of Labor being in power after the March 14…
Suspension Of WHS Construction Codes Of Practice
Most businesses will be aware of the new Work Health and Safety Act 2012 (SA) (“the Act”), which came into operation from 1 January 2013 as part of the new “harmonised” federal work health and safety…
Could you be Required to give an Injured Employee a Job for Life?
A recent decision by the Workers Compensation Tribunal paves the way for the Tribunal to, in effect, review a Compensating Authority’s decision to release an employer from their Section 58B…
Concern About How WorkCoverSA is Fixing its Financial Problems
Australian Rehabilitation Providers Association (ARPA) 3 December, 2013 MEDIA RELEASE Concern about how WorkCoverSA is fixing its financial problems Changes to be introduced by WorkCoverSA will lead…
When Will You Be Liable For The Doctor’s Mistakes?
Employers may not be aware that the liability for workers who receive negligent medical treatment for compensable injuries, which aggravates pre-existing injuries and causes new ones, could…
Professional Partnerships - The Next ATO Target
On 22 November the Australian Taxation Office (ATO) released a Taxpayer Alert looking at professional partnerships in which the partners are, or as the ATO puts it, ‘purport to be’ trusts rather than…
Leases, GST and the Commissioner’s Last Hurrah
The Commissioner is on the back foot after the recent decision in MBI Properties Pty Limited v Commissioner of Taxation (“MBI”). Unsurprisingly, the Commissioner lodged an application for special…
Clear Thinking Needed on WET Rebate for Blends
Addressing industry confusion surrounding “earlier producer” provision
What You Need To Know But May Be Prevented From Finding Out
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WorkCover: Where to From Here?
Deputy Premier John Rau has declared that WorkCover is “buggered” and he has promised a “root and branch” recasting of the scheme to “bring it into closer alignment with comparable schemes…
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