Comcare Chief Executive Officer
NOTICE OF A DATA MATCHING PROGRAM
Comcare will request and collect details of individuals who are currently receiving or have received incapacity payments in relation to a Comcare workers’ compensation claim for any period during the financial years 2009–10 through 2011–12 from:
- The Australian Taxation Office (ATO)
Injured Workers details will be provided to the ATO to be electronically matched with the ATO data holdings. Comcare will be collecting relevant income related information reported by individuals to the ATO for each relevant financial year from 2009–10 through 2011–12. Comcare will receive and utilise this information to ensure Injured Workers have received and continue to receive the correct level of entitlements from Comcare.
Records relating to approximately 4,500 of Comcare’s Injured Workers will be matched in each reference year.
This program is called the Injured Worker Data Matching Program, enabling Comcare to:
- Verify the information provided by Injured Workers;
- Promote Comcare compliance activities to support voluntary compliance; and
- Improve robustness of internal systems as described in Comcare’s Strategic Plan, 2010–2015.
A document describing this program has been prepared and lodged with the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner. A copy of this document is available from:
Request via mail:
Service Delivery Canberra
Comcare
GPO Box 9905
Canberra ACT 2601
by emailing datamatching@comcare.gov.au
or from Comcare’s Internet website http://comcare.gov.au/the_scheme/fraud/data_matching
Comcare complies with the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner’s The Use of
Data Matching in Commonwealth Administration - Guidelines 1998 which includes standards for data matching to protect the privacy of individuals.