Legislative Council Fifty-Fourth Parliament, First Session (54-1) 54 1 Parliament of South Australia Legislative Council published Question Time Psychiatric Impairment Assessment Guidelines Psychiatric Impairment Assessment Guidelines The Hon. T.A. FRANKS Legislative Council Psychiatric Impairment Assessment Guidelines The Hon. T.A. FRANKS (14:47): I seek leave to make a brief explanation before addressing a question without notice to the minister for industrial relations on the topic of the ReturnToWorkSA psychiatric impairment assessment guidelines. Leave granted. The Hon. T.A. FRANKS Legislative Council The Hon. T.A. FRANKS: As I am sure the minister is aware, under the Return to Work Act 2014, a person must have a whole person impairment of at least 30 per cent to be entitled to damages. This is the same for a physical injury as it is for a psychiatric injury. I have previously raised with the minister concerns around the way psychiatric injuries are assessed, with certain criteria ensuring that it is potentially almost impossible for a person to be assessed as having a 30 per cent whole person impairment. There is therefore a strong possibility that many people who have suffered a significant workplace psychiatric injury are missing out on compensation or damages by a narrow margin because of a poorly designed matrix. My questions are: 1.	How many people assessed have not met the 30 per cent whole person impairment threshold for compensation/damages for a psychiatric injury under the psychiatric injury assessment guidelines and how many have? 2.	How many people have been assessed as having between a 25 per cent and 30 per cent whole person impairment for a psychiatric injury? The Hon. R.I. LUCAS Legislative Council The Hon. R.I. LUCAS (Treasurer) (14:48): I am happy to take the question on notice and bring back a reply.