On 16 July 2015 HopgoodGanim Lawyers' Insurance and Risk
Team published an alert discussing the proposed changes to
Queensland's workers' compensation scheme contemplated by
the Workers' Compensation and Rehabilitation and Other
Legislation Amendment Bill 2015 which was introduced to
Parliament the previous day (see "
Significant changes to Queensland workers' compensation scheme
proposed").
Following its introduction, the Bill was referred to the
Parliamentary Finance and Administration Committee. The Committee
has now issued an invitation for submissions addressing any aspect
of the Bill from all interested parties.
The closing date for written submissions is Thursday, 6 August
2015 by 4.00pm. Guidelines for making a submission, as well as the
email and postal address to which submissions should be sent, are
found on the Queensland Parliament
website.
