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Originally Posted by caffiend

I'm not suggesting ACC isn't wasteful in its current form, and it could certainly be run more efficiently

Could it?

More rational comments have been overlooked in Smith's attacks on the corporation. A review by PricewaterhouseCoopers last year praised the corporation.

It said ACC provides broader coverage than any other scheme in the world; it returned 88 per cent of people back to work within six months (compared with 85 per cent in Australia); the cost to employers was lower than comparable private schemes overseas and its administration costs were lower.

Management expenses were at 8 per cent while Australian schemes ranged from 9 to 32 per cent. And on it goes. In every significant aspect it is performing better than any similar scheme, public or private, overseas.

From a Stuff opinion piece admittedly...