Workplace injury insurance: Fast facts about premiums for 2009-10

What it contains

In April 2009, the State Government confirmed that the average premium rate for 2009-10 would remain at 1.387% of an employer’s payroll. Maintaining the existing rate meant that Victorian employers continued to pay one of the lowest average premium rates across all of the schemes in Australia. This letter covers:

• why the Victorian Government maintained the average premium rate in 2009-10
• what impact this was expected to have
• what changes they foresaw to industry rates