Jacqui Lambie (Tasmania, Jacqui Lambie Network) Share this | Hansard source

My question is to the Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations, Minister Watt. On 24 June this year, Minister Burke, the Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations at the time, announced that an independent panel would conduct a comprehensive review of the Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 1988, which underpins the Comcare scheme. The Comcare scheme hasn't been reviewed since financial year 2012-13, and it hasn't been subject to any major reforms since it commenced in 1988. Comcare covers more than 470,000 people, providing rehabilitation and workers compensation arrangements for Commonwealth and ACT government public servants and employees of almost 54 private corporations. A key part of the review is stakeholder engagement and obtaining feedback from injured workers that have real experience, which is being sought through a consultation process. Can the minister advise what announcement or advertisements were undertaken by Comcare or the Department of Employment and Workplace Relations to give the widest possible broadcast that the review was happening?