WORKCOVER CORPORATION

The Hon. A. BRESSINGTON (15:00): I have a supplementary question. Is the minister aware that in 1997 the unfunded liability was cut by $6.9 million a month as a result of paying redemptions and that there was no need to slash injured workers' entitlements in 1997 in order to achieve that result?

The Hon. P. HOLLOWAY (Minister for Police, Minister for Mineral Resources Development, Minister for Urban Development and Planning) (15:01): The answer is that we are now in 2008. WorkCover has a liability of over $800 million and rising. It is in the interests of all injured workers in this state that we have a scheme that is fiscally sustainable.