About Comcare
Comcare is the national work health and safety regulator and workers’ compensation authority.
The Comcare scheme provides a system for work health and safety, rehabilitation and workers’ compensation for the Australian Government and self-insured licensees.
Purpose
Our purpose is to promote and enable safe and healthy work. Our purpose brings together our business and engages our clients and stakeholders around injury prevention, early intervention, injury recovery, return to work and work health and safety regulation.
Governing legislation
Comcare is established under the Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 1988 (SRC Act). We have functions and responsibilities under both the SRC Act and the Work Health and Safety Act 2011 (WHS Act), which includes regulatory functions and compliance and enforcement powers.
Read more about the Comcare scheme.
Core roles, services and enabling functions
Our legislated functions and responsibilities shape our core roles as a regulator, claims manager, scheme manager and insurer.
Education and engagement are key services we offer and deliver to our clients and stakeholders to promote and enable safe and healthy work. We also have essential enabling functions that inform and support delivery of our core roles, provide corporate services and ensure we meet our government responsibilities.
Organisational structure
See our Organisational structure.
Health, Safety and Wellbeing Commitment
Comcare's CEO and executives are committed to prioritising the health, safety and wellbeing of our people. We extend this commitment to our visitors and others.
Download our Health, Safety and Wellbeing Commitment (PDF, 241.5 KB).
Corporate Plan
The Corporate Plan is our primary external planning document that provides Parliament, the public and our clients and stakeholders with an understanding of our purpose, strategy, operating context and performance measures and targets.
Read our Corporate Plans.
Annual Report
The Annual Report is our primary performance reporting document used to inform Parliament, the public and our clients and stakeholders about our achievements, non-financial performance and financial position at the end of each reporting year.
Read our Annual Reports.
