The eighth edition of this well known book is an indispensable reference for all those closely involved in advising and dealing with the compensation and rehabilitation of employees covered by the Commonwealth Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 1988: human resource managers; lawyers; claims and review staff in Comcare and other determining authorities; the Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Commission; licensees; union organisers; Tribunal members; and individual employees of the Commonwealth, its statutory authorities and licensees under the scheme. The 8th edition includes: Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 1988 reproduced in full, consolidated as at 1 November 2007; Comprehensive annotations, organised on a section by section basis, covering all significant decisions of the High Court, the Federal Court, the Administrative Appeals Tribunal and the State Supreme Courts to 1 October 2007; Table of Cases more than 900 cases cited, Table of Statutes and Index; Practitioner's Guide by Allan Anforth, a Canberra barrister with extensive experience in the compensation jurisdiction; Annotations include full details of Instruments gazetted under the Act; Annotations include cases on the Seafarers Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 1992 applicable to the SRC Act; Consideration of military compensation arrangements, including the Military Compensation Scheme continued in force under Part XI of the Act, additional compensation payable under Defence Determination 2000/1 and the new MRCA;