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My Queensland Experience – Implications for National Impairment Guidelines

I recently have had the experience of undertaking an impairment assessment for an unfamiliar interstate jurisdiction – WorkCover in Queensland. While I am familiar with the principles of impairment assessment generally and regularly undertake impairment assessment in other jurisdictions, my … Continue reading

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Double Whammy for Insurers from Tasmanian Impairment Guidelines

The WorkCover Tasmania Guidelines to Impairment Assessment that modify the American AMA  (4th Edition) Guides are used to assess impairment of Tasmanian workers. Without going into some more fundamental issues about the use of impairment assessment systems (such as the … Continue reading

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