Network Ten reporter Tegan George's bid to sue her employer over trauma she says she suffered covering the bushfire season in 2019 and 2020 ends in a confidential settlement.
In documents, Tegan George made a specific complaint about being sent to Bermagui when it had been evacuated due to a bushfire. Network Ten reporter Tegan George 's bid to to sue her employer over trauma she says she suffered covering the bushfire season in 2019 and 2020 has ended in a confidential settlement.
Ms George filed documents in the ACT Supreme Court detailing how she felt under threat of personal injury due to the close proximity of the fires, the distress of the people around her and her lack of familiarity with fire behaviour.She made specific complaints about being sent to Bermagui when it had been evacuated and covering traumatic stories including the death of a father and son.
Ms George argued if the injury had not happened she would not have "developed the psychological response to subsequent workplace events that she ultimately did and which culminated in her becoming incapacitated for work". Her claim included money to help pay for out-of-pocket costs for treatment, beyond what she was receiving from the network's workers compensation scheme, saying she suffered symptoms including dreams about the traumatic events, insomnia, reduced short-term memory, headaches, feelings of hopelessness and hypervigilance.
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