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Post by Denis-NFA on Dec 25, 2013 6:30:32 GMT 7
The NDIS will be complemented by the national injury insurance scheme that will address the needs of those involved in catastrophic accidents. This means ensuring that schemes covering motor vehicles, workplaces and general accidents meet appropriate benchmarks and take pressure off the NDIS in due course.
Arthur Sinodinos is the Assistant Treasurer.
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Post by scallywag on Dec 25, 2013 9:12:54 GMT 7
So NIDS is dead,no real surprise.As soon as they put the word insurance in the name it became another conduit for money intended for people with a disability , to be siphoned off.
National injury insurance scheme? Consider that workers compensation is designed to protect the employer from being sued by the employee and third party insurance is to protect the person responsible for an accident and in both these cases the injured party is the last on their list for assistance , if on the list at all.
National injury insurance scheme is obviously to protect the govt against any claim anybody has against them.
If someone was injured on the way to work , they will now have to fight three insurance companies that will all argue that the others are responsible and the money they spend will be considered spent on the injured party and billed to the tax payer, the tax payer will then assume the injured party is receiving more than they are entitled to.
It's only fair that I mention I was a victim of workcover and next week it will be one year since I was injured in a road accident and still the third party insurer refuse to pay for treatment despite the other driver accepting responsibility. yes the tax payer is still picking up the bill for both injuries and by both injuries , I mean ten that require surgery.
So if anyone thinks for a moment that anyone sustaining an injury will get assistance from any one, probably should believe in santa.
To all departments and companies I have had dealings with over the last five years. Merry Kissmyarse.
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Post by Denis-NFA on Dec 25, 2013 11:14:51 GMT 7
refer to Banjo,s post dspoverseas.proboards.com/thread/2734/disability-pension-overhaul-people-newstartscallywagBanjo knows but I did work for a sawmill company once. Just a small home grown mill. One of the guys on the breaking down saw... and its big.... was tightening a nut... as he had done hundreds of times before.... He slipped and chopped half his hand off. I did the full emergency recovery procedure... even had one of his mates run back near the saw blade and get the rest of his fingers. Ron was pretty good actually. I had already notified the local hospital. He's sitting there with a tourniquet around his hand and I turned back from the drivers seat and said "Are you okay Ron?". The bastard just looked out the window and said "yeah... but you wouldn't have a smoke would you?'. He hardly had a chance to get 4 or 5 puffs before I got him to the hospital and the young bloke that got the rest of his hand was white as a sheet. As you do, the mill was closed for a time while folk sorted themselves out. 7 years after the event I was called up to give evidence. That is how long it took Ron to get compensation. I think Workers Comp is bullshit and I told them. |
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Post by Banjo on Dec 25, 2013 11:24:32 GMT 7
The safety side of the workforce use to be appalling, my father was a wood machinist by trade and was very rare in his peer group by having all of his fingers still attached.
I asked him how he managed it once and he said he looked where he was putting his bloody hands.
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Post by Denis-NFA on Dec 25, 2013 13:47:36 GMT 7
The safety side of the workforce use to be appalling, my father was a wood machinist by trade and was very rare in his peer group by having all of his fingers still attached. I asked him how he managed it once and he said he looked where he was putting his bloody hands. Good on your father. A breaking down bench is still the most dangerous workplace to be in. |
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Post by scallywag on Dec 26, 2013 17:10:45 GMT 7
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