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Tasmanian Government has paid $3.68m in workers compensation to youth detention centre staff since 2015
The Tasmanian Government has forked out millions of dollars in workers compensation to staff members at the Ashley Youth Detention Centre in the past five years, documents obtained through a Right to Information request show.
Key points:
- The youth detention centre has come under increased scrutiny due to claims of understaffing and alleged abuse by workers
- The total cost of workers compensation claims at the centre over the past five years is more than $3.5 million
- The union says the payments are not surprising due to staff shortages, while lawyers say it indicates cultural issues at the centre
The ABC can reveal that since 2015, there have been 95 workers compensation claims at Ashley.
The documents show that 72 were physical claims and 23…
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