This exclusion was amended to 'reasonable administrative action' by the SRCOLA 2 — 007 (effective 13 April 2007). The amendment only applies where the date of onset of a disease is on/after 13 April 2007. The following sections outline the exclusion as it stands for SRCA claims where date of injury/disease is pre 13 April 2007.
Section 4(2) of the SRCA, in defining the term 'injury' for purposes of the Act, states:
...does not include such disease, injury or aggravation suffered by an employee as a result of reasonable disciplinary action taken against the employee or failure by the employee to obtain a promotion, transfer or benefit in connection with his or her employment...
This section therefore deals with compensation cases which arise out of disciplinary action. See Chapter 26 [2] for cases arising out of failure to obtain benefit, promotion, transfer etc.
Links
[1] https://clik.dva.gov.au/user/login?destination=node/20403%23comment-form
[2] https://clik.dva.gov.au/military-compensation-srca-manuals-and-resources-library/liability-handbook/ch-26-serious-and-wilful-misconduct