Police Workers Compensation

Mr GARDNER (Morialta) (14:19): Supplementary: is the Deputy Premier able to identify the individual who he referred to throughout that answer as 'that man'? In particular, given that he knows about the interim determination that has been provided by the police commissioner, does the Deputy Premier have any advice as to whether the individual concerned would meet the 30 per cent threshold?

The Hon. J.R. RAU (Enfield—Deputy Premier, Attorney-General, Minister for Justice Reform, Minister for Planning, Minister for Housing and Urban Development, Minister for Industrial Relations, Minister for Child Protection Reform) (14:19): The effect of the interim determination is to mean that he is in a position where he is deemed to be 30 per cent plus. As I understand it, again from stuff in the media and things which have been said by Mr Carroll, his injuries are such that he will require ongoing surgery potentially for years.

People might also be interested to know that the legislation provides for anybody, not just police officers, who finds themselves in that position. Ongoing surgery out beyond two, three or whatever years, is covered by the legislation, including time for them to recover from that surgery. That is already covered.

The ultimate question is that at some point in the medium or distant future, when a stable condition is arrived at—and that is a matter for the determination of the individual injured person, not for my determination or the police commissioner's—that person can apply for a whole person impairment assessment at that time, whenever that may be, and in this case that may be many, many years. At that point in time, there will be a determination. At the moment, we have an interim determination and the interim determination says 30 per cent plus.