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Our daily bread

Tom Barton

SA WorkCover comes under fire with reports that some injured workers are relying on food parcels to make ends meet.

Here's a question for SA WorkCover: when is a saving not a saving? South Australian independent MP Ann Bressington released a media statement at the beginning of this month alleging that some injured SA workers who are struggling on compensation payments are, “living on nothing more than dry bread and packet soups and unable to afford their medications.” Bressington blames the difficulty in making ends meet on changes to W...

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Published 28 March, 2010