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Reform civil liability laws
Civil Liability Laws erode fundamental rights to adequate compensation for injury and must be reformed because:
- businesses who refuse to invest in injury avoidance are insulated from the true cost of the injuries they cause;
- those that invest in safety are penalised through increased cost of production relative to that of the unsafe competitor;
- people who are injured through no fault of their own bear the lifelong cost of the injury;
- a large part of medical treatment costs are transferred to the taxpayer through Medicare and public hospital treatment of victims (previously these expenses were paid by insurance companies).
I value the rights of the individual. I urge you to bring on a thorough review of Civil Liability laws to restore fairness, accountability and personal responsibility.
Yours faithfully,