Decline/termination decisions: insurance
Summaries of decisions by Disability Discrimination Commissioner or delegate to decline complaints, and of the President of HREOC or delegate reviewing such decisions; or (from 13 April 2000) decisions by the President or delegate to terminate complaints. Last updated: 19 April 2000
Lack of coverage of particular disabilities by workers' compensation scheme not unlawful
A woman with a disability complained that the South Australian workers' compensation scheme did not cover her disability. Confirming a decision by the Disability Discrimination Commissioner, the President decided that this did not constitute unlawful discrimination. In his view the operation of the scheme was akin to a special measure to assist people with particular disabilities, and the fact that the scheme did not extend beyond those disabilities did not amount to discrimination (23 September 1996).