ACC threatened with privatisation
Briefing to the new Minister of ACC
PSA briefing paper to the new minister highlights key issues for members in ACC.
Everyone will lose if ACC is privatised
“Everyone will lose if National gets the chance to privatise ACC because we’ll all have to pay more for accident compensation,” says Richard Wagstaff, National Secretary of the Public Service Association, which has 670 members working for the ACC.
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ACC in great shape – so why privatise it?
“New Zealand’s world-beating ACC scheme is in great shape, with rising customer and public satisfaction levels, as well as being on track to become self-funding by 2014”
– Ross Wilson, former CTU president and now chair of the ACC board.
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Facts about ACC
A PSA background paper looks at the origins of ACC and what happened last time the scheme was opened to private insurance companies.
ACC - the facts
Privatisation would bring a heavy price tag
Privatising ACC would be costly for all New Zealanders and many staff could lose their jobs.
PSA media release
Australian insurance companies poised to make a killing
Vernon Small writes in the Dominion that Australian insurance companies will make a killing if National is elected and opens up accident compensation to the private sector.
Dom Post story
ACC is a world-class scheme
A report by PriceWaterhouse Coopers says that ACC "performs as well or better than most other schemes around the world” and should not be privatised.
PriceWaterhouse Cooper report
Blood on the coal
Health and safety lawyer Hazel Armstrong's recently-published book Blood On The Coal explains why ACC was set up, the benefits it brings to the country, and the the case against privatisation.
Blood on the Coal
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