Sky News Political Reporter Trudy McIntosh says Victorian public servants making up a third of WorkCover’s mental health claims is believed to be of the “government’s own making”.
“I saw the public servants’ union today say they believe is the problem … of the government’s own making, the extra demands that are being placed on public service workers,” Ms McIntosh told Sky News host Peta Credlin.
“Daniel Andrews’ response to this story today, he says he wants to try and get more people back into work and off the compensation scheme.”
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