Defence to cooperate in Williamtown compensation case Defence Minister for veterans’ affairs Matt Keogh says Defence will continue to cooperate with Comcare on the case of a veteran suicide on Williamtown air base
Comcare fast-tracks mental health rollout August 13, 2020 By Chris Johnson Federal Up to 120,000 Commonwealth employees will have access to a new mental health support service and coaching program being fast-tracked due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Comcare publishes working-from-home checklist March 24, 2020 By Shannon Jenkins Federal The Federal government’s work health and safety regulator has released a checklist for employees who are working from home. The resource produced by Comcare offers
Public servants should be free to comment on social media under fake names: AAT April 18, 2018 By Stephen Easton Career Advice The Administrative Appeals Tribunal has decided that public servants should be free to criticise government policy under fake names on social media, on the basis
Comcare embraces contestability to cut cost of workers compensation claims October 3, 2017 By Stephen Easton News Comcare no longer has a monopoly on managing workers compensation claims in the Australian Public Service. All departments and agencies can now take charge of managing their own claims
Comcare pleased as punch as premiums drop July 5, 2017 By Stephen Easton News Workplace insurer and federal Work Health and Safety Act regulator Comcare proudly reports a dramatic financial turnaround that demonstrates the strong link between its own
Comcare befuddled by 'structural complexity' of offshore detention centres May 19, 2017 By Stephen Easton Features Fundamentally, regulators with responsibility for maintaining compliance with a specific piece of legislation need to know that act inside out, including what powers it gives
Dangers of detention centres under control, says safety watchdog July 2, 2015 By Stephen Easton Features Federal work health and safety watchdog Comcare and the Department of Immigration and Border Protection have answered critics and asserted they are making a genuine
How the Senate cut 40% off its workers' comp premium May 27, 2015 By Stephen Easton News It is often said that the cost of workers’ comp premiums are a sore spot for the heads of many Canberra-based departments, agencies and taxpayer-funded
Comcare responds to attacks: 'we investigated, took action, saw results' May 26, 2015 By Stephen Easton Features Comcare has hit back at a lawyers’ group which questioned whether it has the regulatory capability to maintain safe working environments in big, high-risk workplaces,
More pressure on Comcare, DIBP over detention centre safety April 9, 2015 By Stephen Easton News The civil rights-focused Australian Lawyers Alliance wants Comcare to “immediately investigate” allegations that sexual and physical abuse in detention centres was tolerated for 17 months
Will Comcare overhaul help ease premium costs for agencies? March 26, 2015 By Stephen Easton News Legislative amendments hit federal Parliament yesterday with the aim to get injured Commonwealth public servants back to work sooner, reduce compensation for non-work related injuries,
Moss review: lawyers say Comcare should have intervened March 24, 2015 By Stephen Easton News The Moss review into allegations of violence, sexual assault, exploitation and intimidation made by asylum seekers detained in Nauru has given the Department of Immigration
Can the ACT create a better value workers' compo scheme? March 6, 2015 By Stephen Easton Features Discussions around the new workers’ compensation arrangements for ACT public servants have until at least mid-April left to run. But Workplace Safety and Industrial Relations