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- Subsection 19(5) of the Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 1988 provides for a ceiling on weekly incapacity payments after the first 45 weeks.
- 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 |
- The next increase is expected in August 1999.
- 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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