Nick Xenophon (SA, Independent) Share this | Hansard source

It seems I have been confused all along. It is already in my disclosure of interests, but I have been a lawyer for a few years and I did virtually nothing but injury law. I am not saying I am familiar with this area of law, but the government has said that there is some confusion on my part because I have confused the issue of incapacity and the issue of compensation. Guess what? If you have a bigger incapacity, you get more compensation. That is how it generally goes. So it might not be the case that incapacity and compensation are distinct issues. Usually the level of incapacity, depending on how it is assessed, is tied to the level of compensation. Does the government concede that there is a nexus between the level of incapacity and the level of compensation the recipient could receive?