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Why sports stars get less support than other injured workers – and how we can fix it

Written by Eric Windholz, Senior Lecturer and Associate, Monash Centre for Commercial Law and Regulatory Studies, Monash University

Inadequate, inequitable, and in some cases possibly in breach of workers’ compensation laws. That’s how bad the current insurance arrangements are for Australia’s professional sports people, who get less support for long-term injuries than other workers, and less support than if they’d been playing in New Zealand.

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Telstra Chair Craig Dunn Joins Charity Redkite Board Of Directors

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