News items
Notice 02/2013 – Release of the report on the Review of the Seacare scheme
On 20 May 2013, the Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations, Bill Shorten released the report of the Review of the Seacare scheme.This notice provides an overview of the terms of reference and provides a comment from the Chairperson of the Seacare Authority, Mr David Sterrett.
The Seacare Authority is currently revising its website to ensure that information is easy to locate and access. Stage one of this update is to create a single page for all our forms and publications.
Notice 01/2013 – Maximum level of benefits
This notice details the current ceiling on weekly incapacity payments after the first 45 weeks pursuant to subsection 31(7) of the Seafarers Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 1992.
The latest issue of Seacare News is now available. Seacare News provides information on industry-related news, events, legislative changes and publication updates.
Notice 08/2012 – Review of the Seacare scheme announced
On 16 October 2012, the Minister for Education and Workplace Relations, the Hon Bill Shorten MP announced a review of the Seacare scheme. This notice provides an overview of the terms of reference and provides a comment from the Chairperson of the Seacare Authority, Mr David Sterrett.
Memorandum of Understanding and Regulation Policy released
The Seacare Authority and AMSA have collaborated to develop both a new Memorandum of Understanding, which covers the entities respective roles under the Occupational Health and Safety (Maritime Industry) Act 1993 and an OHS Regulation Policy to promote best practice OHS in the maritime industry.
This notice informs maritime industry organisations and other interested parties about the impact of the Coastal Trading Reform package on the Seacare jurisdiction.
The purpose of this advice is to inform maritime industry organisations and other interested parties about the new indexation factors to be applied in accordance with sections 23 and 23A of the Seafarers Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 1992 (Seafarers Act).
This notice informs industry stakeholders that the Seacare Authority has commissioned Seafarers Act commentary which is publicly available on the Seacare website.
This notice details the current ceiling on weekly incapacity payments after the first 45 weeks pursuant to subsection 31(7) of the Seafarers Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 1992.