An electorate officer for Federal Senator John Madigan has been denied workers' compensation for a psych injury, after the AAT found that at least one of the multiple work-related causes of his injury was reasonable administrative action.
A worker who hurt her back at the Prime Minister's Lodge in Canberra five years ago continues to suffer from the injury, but an AAT finding that her pain contributed significantly to her psychological disorder was "infected by legal error", the Federal Court has ruled.
A full Federal Court has referred to two High Court decisions - in favour of injured workers - in finding an Australia Post employee can't combine her permanent impairments from separate injuries to reach the lump-sum threshold.
A FIFO worker who was assaulted at a mining-camp tavern was injured in an interval in an overall period of work and is entitled to compensation, a Federal Court full bench has found in upholding his appeal.
A tribunal was wrong to find a worker's psychological injury was caused by a reasonable decision not to promote her, a Federal Court full bench has found in upholding the worker's appeal.
An employer has been fined more than $20,000 for sacking an injured worker without proper notice after a workers' comp regulator decided he was unable to perform any duties for the company.
Workers' comp fraudsters have been put on notice, with a judge jailing one for two years and warning that custodial sentences need to be imposed in such cases to ensure the integrity of the workers' compensation system.
