A Global Crisis. An Australian Origin.
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We set out to expose how cruel this system is to those it injures.
What we didn’t expect to uncover was an algorithm — born in Australia in the 1980s — that reprogrammed workers’ compensation into a machine built to process human suffering.
Long before ChatGPT or AI were household names, insurance had already used artificial intelligence to manage profits and control claims.
What began as “claims management” evolved into a global engine of human harm.
Insurance giants. Government indifference. Secret denial targets.
Employers unknowingly funding government-inflicted abuse.
And the brave who speak out — punished for asking for help to stop the harm.
Some documentaries make you think.
This one will make you rage.
When the system built to save you becomes the one you need saving from.
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Reflect
On your how you can end the stigma and your place in changing the narrative
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Respond
By speaking out about the harm done to the injured and their families, and changing the narrative
Take Your Tribe
Episode 1 - Origins of Control
Workers’ compensation began as a promise: if you were hurt at work, you would be protected.That changed in the 1980s, when a program called Colossus turned judgment into calculation — replacing care with cost. Ever since, government have defended the system's business model by claiming it “keeps premiums low for small business,” while the real price is pushed onto injured families and the public.
Like Robodebt. Like the Post Office scandal. The harm was hidden behind “efficiency” while real lives were broken. People have died by suicide inside this system — even the regulator admits the true number is under-reported.
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Environmental Analysis
Examine wider community and identify audiences and assumptions playing into existing narrative. Fact Check. Is it true?
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Strategic Storytelling
Facts tell, stories sell. As necessary correct the backstory with facts, evidence and stories.
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Show New Story
People are wired for stories. Use memes, images, metaphors and channels of communication that resonate with audience. Keep it human and authentic.
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Journey With New Story
It takes time to change a dysfunctional story. Stay the course. Measure and adjust. Build collaborative partnerships of care to embed new story.
Our Framework
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A century ago, machines broke our bodies. Today, an algorithm breaks our minds — calculating who’s worth saving
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Episode 1 - 100 Years On
The Algorithm That Scaled the Harm
From Lithgow’s blast furnaces and the coal towns that built a nation, to today’s workplaces defined by burnout, precarity, and automation — the arc of harm has only evolved.
Now, psychosocial injury and algorithmic triage decide who heals and who is left behind.
And if you’re injured at work, you’ll learn what thousands already have: the “safety net” is not a pathway to recovery, but a system that drags you through disbelief, delay, surveillance, and financial ruin — all in the name of “protection.”
The scandal isn’t that it’s broken.
The scandal is that we have allowed it to stay this way.
A system that breaks the injured is not a system worth defending.
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