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Comcare Customer Seminars

Scheme Update

April 2008 National Tour

Matt Goldrick, General ManagerPrevention & Rehabilitation, Comcare

Scheme Update & Profile

• Size & Diversity

• Regulatory Focus & Framework

• Reviews, Rules & Tools

• Campaigns & Programs

• Performance & Trends

• Awards & Events

Comcare’s Regional Directors

• Each state is represented by a Regional Director

Size & Diversity200 employers

distributed across Private Sector & APS

368,000 employees200,000 employees of Australian Government bodies, 118,000 employees of licensees 50,000 members of the Australian Defence Forces

Range of occupations & diverse risk profiles:administrativescientific-researchlaw enforcement

technical-manualtechnical-communicationsconstruction / manufacturingbanking & finance

air, road & rail transport / logistics

Strategic Direction

Regulatory Focus & Framework

Comcare’s regulatory model:• acknowledges the joint

responsibilities that Comcare and its partners have in ensuring that safety outcomes are achieved

• provides a basis for maintaining an open working relationship, and

• encourages co-operative compliance, leading to reductions in injury rates, injury costs and regulatory burdens.

Regulatory Activities

Reviews, Campaigns, Rules & Tools

• HSMAs required by 15 September 2008

• OHS Code progress

• Permanent Impairment Guide

• Recent Enforceable Undertakings

Reviews, Campaigns, Rules & Tools

• Update on Targeted Bullying and Harassment Activities

• Comcare Review Status

– submissions viewable

Performance & Trends

Performance & Trends

Performance & Trends

Awards & Events

• 2008 Comcare National Conference – 22-24 October 2008, National Convention Centre, Canberra.

• 2008 SRCC Safety Awards – nominations are open. Gala dinner presentation will be held on 23 October 2008 as part of the National Conference.

Further Information

• Website: www.comcare.gov.au

• Phone: 1300 366 979

• General enquiries:

ohs.help@comcare.gov.au

claims.help@comcare.gov.au