Category - Injured People
A sleep-deprived worker who suffered a serious head injury when he crashed into a tree has been awarded workers compensation after a five-year-legal battle.
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Following a series of changes to the Northern Territory's Return to Work Act there is now "deemed" acceptance of claims for Post Traumatic Stress Disorder ('PTSD') for frontline emergency workers (first responders).
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How can a pre-existing brain tumour lead to a ‘work injury’ and have compensation paid? It seems unlikely – impossible even – however in a bizarre turn of events in a remote drilling work site in the middle of Moomba in South Australia, TGB was able to secure compensation for an affected worker faced...
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TGB partner and defence force lawyer Tim White spoke with ABC Radio Adelaide’s Sonya Feldhoff following this week’s announcement of an independent commissioner into Defence member and veteran suicide.
Tim, who has been fighting for injured Defence force members and veterans for more than 20 years, discussed what...
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In a breakthrough for Defence people suffering significant mental illness, Prime Minister Scott Morrison today announced an independent commissioner will be appointed to investigate veteran suicide.
Currently, the suicide rate for ex-servicemen is 18 per cent higher than the broader population and ex-servicewomen are twice...
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Before I was a personal injury lawyer, I was a teacher.
I had always enjoyed helping others and so completing my degree in education seemed like a natural progression for me in terms of career choice.
In my final year of studying teaching, “social justice in education” was my topic of choice for my Honours thesis...
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More work injury claims are getting rejected at the first hurdle, but now is not the time to throw in the towel, write TGB’s Tim White and Daniel Clarke.
How can my work injury claim be rejected when it is caused by my employment?
Increasingly, we are seeing injury claims rejected on the basis of numerous exceptions, in...
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If you have been involved in a motor vehicle accident in Western
Australia (WA), it is very easy to feel overwhelmed by the injury insurance
claims process and lose focus on what’s most important—recovery.
If this sounds like you, you will benefit from being represented
by one of our dedicated Perth motor
vehicle...
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Often I see Commonwealth employees that have sustained a work injury and as a consequence of that injury they develop other problems or complications with another part of their body. This is referred to as a sequalae or secondary injury. If this occurs it is important to make a Comcare claim for this secondary injury, otherwise...
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