FAQs: About Workers’ Compensation
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Do we have Lived Experience Advisors from each State and how do these people get involved?
Not from every state at the moment, we have expertise from NSW, Victoria and South Australia systems. We’re keen for more people to be involved as Lived Experience Advisors. We have a process to go through, talking with the person…
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So how will this computer model ‘work’ to try out changes within the model?
The computer models are called agent based models. What they do is they display all the many different interactions that occur between people who are involved in workers compensation throughout the workers comp process. And once we’ve got the basic…
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Do you do you have a financial modelling team modelling the changes that workers want?
In a sense, yes. So, the particular sort of technical approach we’re taking to the modelling allows us to estimate things like the costs of claims and services that are provided, both in the current system and also in the…
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What is the age limit for people to complete the survey, and why can’t under 18s be part of it?
While we understand that often teenagers and younger children are involved in supporting family members following a work injury, we only have ethics approval to gather information from those 18 years and over. We must adhere to these guidelines for…
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How can I keep up with the latest statistics and information of what you are finding?
Make sure you Subscribe to our updates via this link on the home page, and we are already putting up regular updates of what is starting to come up. You will automatically be notified when we post new information on…
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What influence will the study have over policy and systems in the future?
Part of the reason for running this study is so that we can bring those worker voices to the fore and for any future reforms, we will be able to actually have the information and research ready to present. Then…