SRGF v Comcare (Compensation)

COURT OR TRIBUNAL

Administrative Appeals Tribunal

DATE FILED (OR FIRST HEARING DATE)

01/04/2022

LITIGATION TYPE

Access to Justice

SUBJECT MATTER

Other

REVIEW TYPE

N/A

SUMMARY

Workers compensation – claim for anxiety, depression agoraphobia – stress induced psychological symptoms mistaken for neurological symptoms – ethical dilemmas at work contributing to psychological issues – unreasonable contact outside of work hours – stress from supervisory responsibilities – no medical report supporting relationship with work until several years after resignation – validity of data analysis provided without expert support – constitutional condition where work just the setting – deemed work contribution under section 7 – meaning of the phrase ‘in the place where the employee ordinarily employed’ - decision affirmed

Here the reference to climate change arises in that the applicant contends that the ethical tension caused by his employment (the Abbott Government misleading the public with respect to climate change) contributed to him developing psychological conditions [202].

CASE DOCUMENTS

SRGF v Comcare (Compensation) [2024] AATA 1818