Freedom of information disclosure log
As an Australian Government agency, Comcare must publish certain information about freedom of information requests in a disclosure log.
The disclosure log explained
We must publish information about freedom of information requests within 10 working days of the applicant receiving access to the document, in accordance with the Freedom of Information Act 1982 (FOI Act).
The disclosure log does not include:
- personal information about a person, if publication of that information is unreasonable
- information about the business, commercial, financial or professional affairs of a person, if publication of that information would be unreasonable
- other information covered by a determination of the Australian Information Commissioner, if publication of that information would be unreasonable
- information that is not reasonably practical to publish because we need to make extensive modifications to delete information we cannot publish
- information removed under section 22(1)(a)(ii) of the FOI Act as it is outside the scope of the request.
We remove and archive items in the disclosure log 12 months after they are published, unless a listing has long-term public value.
Disclosure log list
Contact us if you would like a copy of the document in the list released:
- email foi@comcare.gov.au
- call us on 1300 366 979
- write to the FOI requests, Comcare, GPO Box 9905, Canberra ACT 2601.
| FOI reference | Date of release | Summary of request |
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| 2023/704 | 11 April 2023 | Number of current ATO psychological cases with Comcare, Number of such cases with Gallagher Bassett, Number of ‘long tail’ cases in both categories & Guidelines for Comcare referrals to Gallagher Bassett |
| 2023/159 | 15 March 2023 | WHS Incident notification and Inspector Report for DEWR building incident in August 2022 |
2023/21 | 02 February 2023 | Reason for Decision – IR 02/2022-23 |
2022/4269 | 25 January 2023 | Investigation Report – Sinking of the ‘Red Rain’ |
2022/2831 | 31 August 2022 | All section 86 notices under the Freedom of Information Act 1982 issued by the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner to Comcare. |
2022/2278 | 26 August 2022 | Joint Investigation Report between Comcare and Worksafe WA relating to a train collision that occurred on 13 January 1996 in Hines Hill, Western Australia. |
2022/2801 | 8 August 2022 | PowerPoint slides, notes and any materials relating to the Comcare graduate program's orientation sessions given to new staff from the beginning of this year's graduate program to date. |
2022/2830 | 1 August 2022 | All FOI preliminary notice of charges notices issued by Comcare in FY2021/22 and FY2020/21 |
2022/1623 | 23 June 2022 | All FOI preliminary notice of charges notices issued by Comcare in FY2021/22 |
2022/1289 | 27 May 2022 | Prohibition Notice (No. 4448PN1) to the Australian Defence Force (ADF) on the use of propeller guards Rigid Hulled Inflatable Boats (RHIBs) |
2022/980 | 16 May 2022 | List of claims where the Mechanism of Incident is “Being assaulted by a person or persons”, listed by agency for 2000/01 – 2020/21 financial years |
2022/919 | 12 May 2022 | Request for the number of Australia Post workers’ compensation claims in relation to mental disease/stress group (based on Nature of Injury and Mechanism of Incident between 25 Nov 2019 and 31 March 2022) |
2022/492 | 23 March 2022 | List of claims where the Mechanism of Incident is “Being assaulted by a person or persons”, listed by agency for 2017-18, 2018-19, 2019-20 and 2020-21 financial years |
2022/310 | 18 March 2022 | Information about claims lodged under section 7(8) of the SRC Act |
2021/11135 | 25 February 2022 | Request for documents relevant to OAIC’s privacy assessment in 2016:
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2021/11134 | 8 February 2022 | Comcare Employee Claims Portfolio Transition-In Plan documents |
2021/4452 | 24 June 2021 | Parts of Comcare’s Claims Manual relevant to section 57 of the Safety Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 1988 |
2021/3188 | 19 April 2021 | In-House Facilitation guidance documents |
2021/2540 | 19 April 2021 | 2012/2013 Regulatory Campaign documents: Reduce Psychological Injury |
2020/11479 | 18 January 2021 | Total Comcare Legal Costs (including all professional fees, disbursements and Counsel expenditure) for Engaging External Legal Providers for AAT Workers’ Compensation Matters for 2018/2019 and 2019/2020 |
2020/11389 | 11 December 2020 | Tables of Wilson Security workers’ compensation claims lodged 2017 to 2020 broken down into Psychological and Physical claim types |
2020/10215 | 4 November 2020 | Statement of Requirements in relation to the procurement of service providers for delegated claims management services |
2020/9327 | 27 October 2020 | Delegated Claims Management Arrangements (DCMA) – Claims Management Instructions DCMA – Business Processes DCMA – Letter process within Pracsys DCMA – Compliance and Performance Monitoring Framework DCMA – Fact sheet: Claim file administration. |
2020/7673 | 8 September 2020 | Table of Services Australia (formerly Department of Human Services) workers compensation premiums, and bonus or penalty amounts for the 2016-17, 2017-18 and 2018-19 financial years |
2020/6549 | 28 August 2020 | Workers' compensation claims lodged by employees undertaking Centrelink functions at call centres for financial year 2019-20 |
2020/4953 | 1 July 2020 | Request for the number of workers compensation claims for 2012-2017 broken down by employer |
2020/4720 | 5 June 2020 | Current documents setting out the reasons considered by claims managers when referring claimants to independent medical examinations under the SRC Act |
2019/12556 | 14 January 2020 | Inspector report: Australian Electoral Commission |
2019/11045 | 9 December 2019 | Inspector report: Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority |
2019/11398 | 20 November 2019 | Excerpt from claims manual on international classification of diseases |
2019/8321 | 4 September 2019 | The recommendations issued by Comcare to Defence or the site estate maintenance contractor at the time specifically an only for the following:
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2019/5904 | 19 August 2019 | High level summary of actuarial report referred to in Comcare’s annual report with data as at 30 June 2019 |
2018/14009 | 8 January 2019 | Formal definition of self-management |
2018/7105 | 29 November 2018 | Summary of MLCOA Victoria reports for which Comcare made payment for in July 2017 |
2018/11903 | 28 November 2018 | Policy information and steps taken when an APS employee is potentially suicidal or has committed suicide |
2018/8090 | 21 September 2018 | Inspector report regarding terminally ill refugee at Nauru |