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

AWOTEFA UPDATE

Date of Effect

AWOTEFA

150% of AWOTEFA

4.3.99

$741.30

$1111.95

20.5.99

$744.80

$1117.20

  1. The next increase is expected in August 1999.
  2. The contact officer for this Operational Advice is Vikki Clingan, Service Performance Management Group.  The file number is 110/4/6-04.  This document is available for public inspection under section 9 of the Freedom of Information Act 1982.  It can be released on request.  Please ask a Comcare FOI Contact Officer for information on any applicable charges.

signed

PETER PHARAOH

General Manager

Business Co-ordination Division

     May 1999

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