Southern Metropolitan Region
Katherine COPSEY (Southern Metropolitan) (12:39): My question is to the Minister for WorkSafe and the TAC. Minister, in April this year you legislated a number of changes to WorkCover, which have resulted in hundreds of Victorians losing compensation payments. I know that residents in my electorate have had difficult experiences with their WorkCover claims. The reason provided for these changes was that WorkCover was not financially viable. However, this week WorkCover has confirmed that there was a $389 million surplus for the last financial year. The Victorian Community and Public Sector Union secretary Karen Batt publicly said that Labor is ‘profiteering’ off injured Victorians and:
The financial turnaround in only a few months confirms their changes went too far …
Minister, what support is available for people in my electorate who have been denied support merely because their injury was a mental health injury?