❓ Mrs Roberts questions the Minister for Police on progress regarding workers' compensation for police officers. The Minister acknowledges the need and states work is advanced, with an announcement expected soon, highlighting existing benefits for police.
AnsweredQoN 924Legislative Assembly
QuestionView source ↗
POLICE — WORKERS' COMPENSATION
924. Mrs M.H. ROBERTS to the Minister for
Police:
The minister says she supports
police getting workers' compensation coverage.
(1) What has she
done in the last four years to progress that?
(2) When will it
be implemented?
924. Mrs M.H. ROBERTS to the Minister for
Police:
The minister says she supports
police getting workers' compensation coverage.
(1) What has she
done in the last four years to progress that?
(2) When will it
be implemented?
AnswerView source ↗
I thank the member for the question.
(1)–(2)
Yes; I have been very vocal about my support for working up an appropriate
workers' compensation scheme for police officers. That work is still in
progress. It is not as simple as people might expect and it is something that I
acknowledge police have been calling for for over 30 years. We have been
working on what that compensation scheme would look like, given what the
government has already delivered for police officers. Police officers have a post-retirement
medical benefit scheme, for example, which this government implemented. That
means police officers who are injured on the job are covered for the expenses
of that injury post-separation from police, along with a range of other
initiatives—mandatory blood testing and mandatory sentencing for people
who assault police officers. Workers' compensation is being developed.
The work is quite advanced and I expect to announce the government's
policy on that in due course.
(1)–(2)
Yes; I have been very vocal about my support for working up an appropriate
workers' compensation scheme for police officers. That work is still in
progress. It is not as simple as people might expect and it is something that I
acknowledge police have been calling for for over 30 years. We have been
working on what that compensation scheme would look like, given what the
government has already delivered for police officers. Police officers have a post-retirement
medical benefit scheme, for example, which this government implemented. That
means police officers who are injured on the job are covered for the expenses
of that injury post-separation from police, along with a range of other
initiatives—mandatory blood testing and mandatory sentencing for people
who assault police officers. Workers' compensation is being developed.
The work is quite advanced and I expect to announce the government's
policy on that in due course.
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