Page 1550 - Week 05 - Tuesday, 14 May 2019
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Clause 58 agreed to.
Clause 59.
MR COE (Yerrabi—Leader of the Opposition) (11.32): I move amendment No 13 circulated in my name [see schedule 1 at page 1635]. This is quite a straightforward amendment that seeks to change the threshold for late application from “full and satisfactory” to “reasonable excuse”. This will bring a little bit of common sense to what is being proposed here. I am not too hopeful that it will get up because common sense is not high on the agenda of those opposite. But maybe.
MR BARR (Kurrajong—Chief Minister, Treasurer, Minister for Social Inclusion and Equality, Minister for Tourism and Special Events and Minister for Trade, Industry and Investment) (11.33): I enjoy the commentary of the Leader of the Opposition on these matters. This is very similar to the amendment he moved, which was amendment No 4, earlier on. The government will be opposing it for the same reason that we did earlier on.
Amendment negatived.
Clause 59 agreed to.
Clauses 60 to 70, by leave, taken together and agreed to.
Clause 71.
MR BARR (Kurrajong—Chief Minister, Treasurer, Minister for Social Inclusion and Equality, Minister for Tourism and Special Events and Minister for Trade, Industry and Investment) (11.34): I move amendment No 2 circulated in my name [see schedule 2 at page 1643]. This is a straightforward amendment that clarifies to an insurer that it can refuse to accept an application or pay expenses only if the insurer reasonably suspects the information in an application or a request was false or misleading. I commend the amendment to the Assembly.
Amendment agreed to.
Clause 71, as amended, agreed to.
Clause 72 agreed to.
Clause 73.
MR BARR (Kurrajong—Chief Minister, Treasurer, Minister for Social Inclusion and Equality, Minister for Tourism and Special Events and Minister for Trade, Industry and Investment) (11.35): I move amendment No 3 circulated in my name [see schedule 2 at page 1643]. This amendment to subsection 73(1) clarifies that a person that has a right to make a claim under both a workers compensation scheme and the motor accident injury scheme does not need to make a defined benefit application under the motor accident injury scheme.
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