Oliver Hartwich

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270 appearances 5 recordings 1 series first heard Jun 2026 last heard 16 Aug

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So that was a massive deterioration.

The government understood that something had to be done, so they mandated a turnaround.

We've got the first results, but it's only half a turnaround because currently ACC only really says,

you are basically rehabilitated if we don't pay you for five weeks.

But that's not a real measure.

Because as you said, when ACC really checked the cases, they found that more than 80% had actually not returned to their previous job.

So the real measure of success for ACC is not whether they get people off the books.

It's actually whether they restore them to health and bring them back into the labour market.

Absolutely.

That's fair enough.

But the problem is actually some of them don't return to any work at all.

That's the problem.

So we have to make sure that they actually don't linger on ACC, that ACC doesn't become another form of welfare.

And for that, we have to speed up the operations of ACC.

It just takes way too long.

There's way too much bureaucracy until ACC even decides what to do with you.

And we know that early intervention is really crucial if you want to get people back ready for work.

Well, at least they understand that's what needs to be done.

That's what ACC's own plan says.

They want to focus on early intervention.

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