Productivity Commission’s Disability Care and Support Draft Report

The Productivity Commission’s Disability Care and Support Draft Report was released on 28 February 2011. Written submissions close on 30 April 2011.

Your attention is drawn to chapters 15 & 16:

• Chapter 15 Insurance arrangements for injury (PDF – 421 Kb)
  15.1 Introduction
  15.2 What is catastrophic injury?
  15.3 Criteria to assess injury insurance arrangements
  15.4 Certainty, timeliness and quality of lifetime care and support
  15.5 Coverage of people acquiring a disability through a catastrophic injury
  15.6 Impacts on recovery and health outcomes
  15.7 People’s freedom
  15.8 The value of ‘justice’
  15.9 Providing incentives for people to avoid injuries
  15.10 Efficiency and costs
  15.11 The performance of common law systems of fault-based compensation
• Chapter 16 A national injury insurance scheme (PDF – 400 Kb)
  16.1 Introduction
  16.2 Implementing a no-fault approach for lifetime care and support of all catastrophic injuries
  16.3 The scope of the NIIS beyond 2020
  16.4 Some other matters

 

Brisbane Barrister – David Cormack