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Built to Break, How Claims Management Reforms Are Re-Injuring the Injured
Prediction - A System Collapse, Yet Again. In 2024, the NSW Auditor-General’s review of workers compensation claims management process...
4 days ago6 min read
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The Road to Serfdom: A Hayekian Analysis of Modern Workers' Compensation Systems
Friedrich Hayek (1899–1992) was an Austrian-British economist, political philosopher, and one of the most influential thinkers of the...
5 days ago6 min read
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The Growing Crisis of Psychological Injuries in Modern Workplaces
In an age where mental health awareness is supposedly at its peak, we're witnessing a paradoxical surge in workplace psychological...
5 days ago4 min read
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Valuable Lessons from Kenneth Feinberg for Australia's Workers' Compensation System
The research that has gone into Shattered, The Documentary is extensive. We wanted to get to the bottom of why there has been decades...
Apr 22 min read
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The Cycle of Inquiry and Disregard in Bureaucratic Systems: Workers' Compensation Under The Spotlight
Power Dynamics in Workers' Compensation Systems One of the subjects we address in 'Shattered: The Documentary' is the use of power and...
Apr 14 min read
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When Legal Representatives Cause Harm: Misconduct in Workers Compensation Cases
The Vulnerable Position of Psychological Injury Claimants We do not believe psychological injuries should be managed in any shape or form...
Mar 306 min read
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Shattered: When Workers' Compensation Becomes a Weapon of Harm
The Brutal Reality Behind "Man Down" Our soon to launch #ShatteredDoco series exposes a devastating truth that cuts to the heart of...
Mar 292 min read
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Championing Change: One Woman's Mission to Support First Responder Families
In the world of workers' compensation, where bureaucracy often overshadows human stories, Sarah Ubrien stands as a beacon of hope and...
Mar 292 min read
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Mind Over Matter: Landmark Ruling Links Contract Breach to Mental Health Damages
Adam Elisha filmed for Shattered Documentary talks to his experience of the legal mind field he encountered all the way to High Court,...
Mar 226 min read
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Breaking the Silence: Dean Yates to Address Moral Injury at Groundbreaking HEAL Conference
When Dean Yates steps onto the stage at the inaugural HEAL gathering this June, he brings with him not just his powerful memoir " Line in...
Feb 202 min read
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Breaking the Silence: Why Australians Need to Know More About Workers' Compensation
Despite being one of Australia's most important social safety nets, workers' compensation remains a mystery to many Australians. This...
Feb 53 min read
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Do You Have Epistolophobia? When Emails Become Landmines
Epistolophobia is the intense, irrational fear of receiving, opening, or sending letters and written correspondence. This clinical phobia...
Feb 33 min read
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Honoring the Hidden Grief: When Workplace Injury Takes More Than Your Health
In the forthcoming Shattered Documentary Series we talk a lot about the importance of allowing space for grief and loss. It's something...
Feb 13 min read
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Kids' Chance: Building Bridges to Education After Workplace Tragedy
This week we had the opportunity to talk with a US Judge who is Deputy Chief of Compensation Claims with particular expertise in workers...
Feb 13 min read
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The Rising Fear of Mail: How Bureaucratic Systems and AI Are Creating a New Mental Health Crisis
Late Friday afternoon emails from government agencies are reported to cause particular distress For most people, checking the mail is a...
Feb 14 min read
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Jack Lang's Bold Stand: Government vs. Insurers & The Formation of GIO
My grandfather's death in a Bowenfels quarry in 1939 isn't just a family tragedy — it's part of a larger story about workers' rights,...
Jan 64 min read
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The Systemic Failure of Independent Medical Examinations: From Financial Incentives to Psychological Harm
Introduction Independent Medical Examinations (IMEs) have become a cornerstone of workers' compensation and insurance systems,...
Jan 55 min read
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Independent Medical Examinations: A System of Embedded Bias and Financial Conflicts
Introduction Independent Medical Assessments (IMAs) or Examinations (IMEs) are foundational components of workers' compensation systems,...
Jan 53 min read
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Artificial Intelligence and Online Harassment
This was 2014... with the explosion of AI it is estimated the abuse online will skyrocket In the upcoming documentary"Shattered" we...
Jan 54 min read
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Colossus: The Controversial History of Insurance Claims Management Software and Its Australian Origin
In the Shattered Episode - 'The Punishment of Money' we examine the need for greater transparency and lived experience co-design for all...
Jan 411 min read
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