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Legislative Assembly for the ACT: 1996 Week 12 Hansard (21 November) . . Page.. 4233 ..

APPENDIX 7: Incorporated in Hansard on 21 November 1996 at page 3926.

MINISTER'S PRESENTATION SPEECH

I am pleased to introduce into the Legislative Assembly, the Workers' Compensation (Amendment) Bill (No. 2) 1996.

The Bill, if passed by the Assembly as it is introduced, will provide:

. workers' compensation coverage for any one worker under one insurance policy;

. determination of the worker's State or Territory for compensation purposes;

. that the existing coverage for an ACT worker who receives an injury anywhere in Australia, is extended to include work injuries received while out of Australia (this will bring the ACT into line with NSW and other jurisdictions); and

. compensation for a worker injured in the ACT but who is not an ACT worker, and is not a worker of any other State or able to claim compensation outside Australia (this will bring the ACT into line with NSW and other jurisdictions).

These amendments to the Act demonstrate the Government's commitment to improving the ACT workers' compensation scheme,

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