1 00:00:00,080 --> 00:00:03,080 Speaker 1: So the ACC Minister has announced an independent review into 2 00:00:03,080 --> 00:00:06,520 Speaker 1: ACC because of concerns about its performance. Matt Doocy says, 3 00:00:06,600 --> 00:00:11,360 Speaker 1: rehabilitation rates that down, weekly compensation costs and average cost 4 00:00:11,400 --> 00:00:14,360 Speaker 1: per claim we're up. That's not efficient. Not only that 5 00:00:14,400 --> 00:00:16,680 Speaker 1: there was a seven point two billion dollar deficit, which 6 00:00:16,720 --> 00:00:18,200 Speaker 1: is a worry. We were in surpace a couple of 7 00:00:18,239 --> 00:00:21,239 Speaker 1: years ago. Matt Doocy joins, you now gimody to you, Matt, 8 00:00:22,280 --> 00:00:24,320 Speaker 1: that's the mood Andrew, what are you going to look into? 9 00:00:26,079 --> 00:00:29,200 Speaker 2: Basically, what I want to do from the external review 10 00:00:30,080 --> 00:00:33,800 Speaker 2: it will be conducted within six months, is to seek 11 00:00:33,840 --> 00:00:38,360 Speaker 2: assurance that ACC has the right settings and interventions in 12 00:00:38,440 --> 00:00:43,000 Speaker 2: place to turn around their declining rehabilitation rates and to 13 00:00:43,080 --> 00:00:46,520 Speaker 2: address the expansion of the number of people on long term. 14 00:00:46,960 --> 00:00:49,519 Speaker 1: So is the review because you don't know why their 15 00:00:49,640 --> 00:00:51,919 Speaker 1: numbers or their heading of targets has fallen. You don't 16 00:00:51,920 --> 00:00:54,360 Speaker 1: know why they're not rehabilitating better, and you don't know 17 00:00:54,640 --> 00:00:55,640 Speaker 1: why it's costing. 18 00:00:57,360 --> 00:01:01,080 Speaker 2: Well, when we look at the efficit a SEC posted 19 00:01:01,120 --> 00:01:03,880 Speaker 2: in the last year about seven point two billion dollars, 20 00:01:04,520 --> 00:01:07,120 Speaker 2: it's about a third a third and a third of 21 00:01:07,160 --> 00:01:11,520 Speaker 2: that has increased costs through inflation and treatment costs. A 22 00:01:11,560 --> 00:01:13,640 Speaker 2: third of it is to do with court rulings that 23 00:01:13,720 --> 00:01:16,720 Speaker 2: have opened up entitlements, and a third of that is 24 00:01:16,760 --> 00:01:22,160 Speaker 2: the declining rehabilitation rates. Now ACC is recently restructured. They've 25 00:01:22,160 --> 00:01:24,760 Speaker 2: deployed an extra two hundred and fifty people on the 26 00:01:24,760 --> 00:01:28,160 Speaker 2: front line, moved from a many to one case management 27 00:01:28,200 --> 00:01:31,800 Speaker 2: approach to narrow one to one. So they're putting their 28 00:01:32,160 --> 00:01:35,160 Speaker 2: systems and interventions in place. But I want to get 29 00:01:35,440 --> 00:01:39,480 Speaker 2: experts in. They've got experience of accellent compensation schemes to 30 00:01:39,520 --> 00:01:42,720 Speaker 2: give me assurance that every lever's been pulled to ensure 31 00:01:42,720 --> 00:01:45,600 Speaker 2: we turn those declining reable session rates around. 32 00:01:45,840 --> 00:01:48,280 Speaker 1: Okay, and we'll good luck with that. Meanwhile, of course, 33 00:01:48,560 --> 00:01:51,160 Speaker 1: the deficit means that you've announced increased levees leavies that 34 00:01:51,200 --> 00:01:52,960 Speaker 1: are increasing by up to five percent a year for 35 00:01:53,040 --> 00:01:55,400 Speaker 1: three years. Do you think if you have a successful 36 00:01:55,440 --> 00:01:59,040 Speaker 1: review you could actually reverse those increasing levees, you could 37 00:01:59,040 --> 00:01:59,800 Speaker 1: bring the cost down. 38 00:02:01,360 --> 00:02:03,600 Speaker 2: Well. The advice I've got is that we need to 39 00:02:03,640 --> 00:02:07,200 Speaker 2: do both at the moment is increase levees and also 40 00:02:07,440 --> 00:02:10,960 Speaker 2: turn around the declining rehabilitation rates. What we're looking at 41 00:02:11,440 --> 00:02:14,639 Speaker 2: the long term ten year horizon as Well, but I've 42 00:02:14,639 --> 00:02:17,399 Speaker 2: been very clear with ACC. I don't want to see 43 00:02:17,440 --> 00:02:20,480 Speaker 2: the increasing of ACC levees just been used as a 44 00:02:20,560 --> 00:02:25,080 Speaker 2: default to address their deficit. They need to lift their performance. 45 00:02:25,120 --> 00:02:28,480 Speaker 2: The advice I've got is even a one percent improvement 46 00:02:28,680 --> 00:02:32,520 Speaker 2: and rehabilitation rates will have a significant impact in the 47 00:02:32,560 --> 00:02:35,280 Speaker 2: long term on their deficit. And that's why we really 48 00:02:35,320 --> 00:02:37,800 Speaker 2: want to drive up those rehabilitation rates. 49 00:02:37,840 --> 00:02:40,640 Speaker 1: Well, it's the deficit is mind blowing, an eye watering 50 00:02:40,639 --> 00:02:43,000 Speaker 1: at seven point two more. So anything you can do, Matt, 51 00:02:43,280 --> 00:02:45,079 Speaker 1: go ahead and do it. It is now seven minutes 52 00:02:45,120 --> 00:02:48,680 Speaker 1: to six. And by the way, levees for evs are 53 00:02:48,680 --> 00:02:51,359 Speaker 1: going to go up about one hundred bucks, whereas levees 54 00:02:51,560 --> 00:02:55,080 Speaker 1: for petrol vehicles going to go up about fifty. Now, 55 00:02:55,160 --> 00:02:58,040 Speaker 1: why are the evs more dangerous? Apparently it's because the 56 00:02:58,040 --> 00:03:01,400 Speaker 1: evs don't pay the petrol tax. But is that necessarily fair? 57 00:03:02,040 --> 00:03:03,720 Speaker 1: He says as an EV owner. 58 00:03:04,639 --> 00:03:07,640 Speaker 2: For more from early edition with Ryan Bridge, listen live 59 00:03:07,760 --> 00:03:10,760 Speaker 2: to News Talks it be from five am weekdays, or 60 00:03:10,800 --> 00:03:12,680 Speaker 2: follow the podcast on iHeartRadio.