This course has been designed for either:
Lawyers and decision makers who practice in, or who desire an understanding of Commonwealth Compensation Law relating to injuries at work; or
Commonwealth employees who are in management, human resources, personnel or legal sections where a detailed understanding of Commonwealth Compensation law is desirable.
This course will give students an understanding of the practical application of the Safety Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 1988 (the SRC Act).
Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion, students will have the knowledge and skills to:
- Describe and apply the practice and procedure of challenging a Determination made under the SRC Act.
- Demonstrate an understanding of the core entitlement principles for compensation under the SRC Act.
- Critically analyse and evaluate a Determination under the SRC act to accept or deny an entitlement to compensation.
- Identify the relevant legal issues that arise on a given set of facts.
- Summarise, analyse and debate whether a Determination made under the SRC Act was made according to the legislation and current case law.
- Interpret, analyse and propose whether an employee under the SRC Act is entitled to compensation based on a number of predetermined facts.
- Hypothesise and critically debate whether an entitlement to compensation may change given a change in a set of facts which had earlier entitled an employee to compensation under the SRC Act.
Other Information
This course is run on WATTLE. Once enrolled you will need to log on to WATTLE at: https://wattle.anu.edu.au/ your ISIS username and password. When available students will be able to gain access to the course materials and modules.
Indicative Assessment
- Indicative assessment may include: (null) [LO null]
- 1. A short exercise each week for ten weeks from week 2 to 12 on individual topics - 40% (40) [LO null]
- 2. Online discussion forum on WATTLE - 10% (10) [LO null]
- 3. Final research problem — 50%, 4,000 words (50) [LO null]
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Workload
Equivalent of 26 contact hours through WATTLE
Inherent Requirements
Not applicable
Requisite and Incompatibility
Prescribed Texts
Annotated Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 1988 by Ballard Sutherland and Anforth 9th Edition
Preliminary Reading
A Course Outline will be available on the Wattle course page prior to the commencement of the course.Fees
Tuition fees are for the academic year indicated at the top of the page.
If you are a domestic graduate coursework or international student you will be required to pay tuition fees. Tuition fees are indexed annually. Further information for domestic and international students about tuition and other fees can be found at Fees.
- Student Contribution Band:
- 3
- Unit value:
- 6 units
If you are an undergraduate student and have been offered a Commonwealth supported place, your fees are set by the Australian Government for each course. At ANU 1 EFTSL is 48 units (normally 8 x 6-unit courses). You can find your student contribution amount for each course at Fees. Where there is a unit range displayed for this course, not all unit options below may be available.
| Units | EFTSL |
|---|---|
| 6.00 | 0.12500 |
Course fees
- Domestic fee paying students
| Year | Fee |
|---|---|
| 2019 | $3840 |
- International fee paying students
| Year | Fee |
|---|---|
| 2019 | $5460 |
Offerings, Dates and Class Summary Links
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Class summaries, if available, can be accessed by clicking on the View link for the relevant class number.
Second Semester
| Class number | Class start date | Last day to enrol | Census date | Class end date | Mode Of Delivery | Class Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9670 | 22 Jul 2019 | 29 Jul 2019 | 31 Aug 2019 | 25 Oct 2019 | Online | View |