PETER MADDERN: John Rau’s announcement that WorkCover is stuffed and beyond redemption (InDaily, 21 october 2013) will come as no surprise to those who work in the area and those who have examined its accounts (when WorkCover was prepared to publish them.) My calculations suggested that in addition to the $1.4 billion stated shortfall, the current WorkCover would need an additional $2.5 billion just to bring it all back into balance – that’s a total of a $4 billion shortfall. And this is with the highest employer premiums in the country.
Given where WorkCover’s liabilities stood when Labor came to power, blame for this mess lies entirely with the current State Government – all $4 billion. The Liberal Party should have been asking more questions that it has for years but it’s cowardice policy of ‘coasting to victory under the radar’ has again sold the people of this State short.
Like with the Desalination Plant, there ought to be a Royal Commission into how we got to this position and who was responsible for the massive losses. Sadly, as per usual, no doubt this too will be swept under the carpet by both parties.
ELDERT HOEBEE: The constant alignment of “climate change” with extremes is a bit rich and certainly moving the focus away from, in this instance, the real cause of the catastrophic bushfires around Sydney (Do we have the courage to prevent fires?, InDaily, 21 October 2013). As with all major disasters, a coronial inquest will get to the bottom of this horrific event.
To jump on the bandwagon of “climate change” is both unforgivably unprofessional, but also jumps to conclusions of what will no doubt be an exhaustive inquiry to determine fault for insurance purposes, and lessons learnt to avoid future fires.
RICHARD ABBOTT: I refer to Mark Coleman’s response letter on pop-ups (InDaily, 18 October 203) where he wrote: “It seems that the Adelaide City Council is being overly protective of established retailers, including discouraging food trucks, at the cost of reducing choices for the consuming public.”
I would suggest that Adelaide City Council is more likely being overly protective of their established revenue from rates based on retailer rents.
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