Background

2.Subsection 19(5) of the Safety Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 1988 provides for a ceiling on weekly incapacity payments after the first 45 weeks.

3.This ceiling is 150% of the Average Weekly Ordinary Time Earnings for Full time Adults (AWOTEFA).  The AWOTEFA is updated quarterly by the Australian Bureau of Statistics.

A.W.O.T.E.F.A. UPDATE

Date of EffectAWOTEFA150% of AWOTEFA

22.5.97$694.10$1041.15

14.8.97$696.60$1044.90

4.The next increase is expected in November 1997.

ROBERT KNAPP

Deputy Chief Executive Officer

19 August 1997