[1] The South Australian workers compensation scheme known as WorkCover had been suffering an underfunded liability blowout since 2000, and by 2008 was nearing toward $1 billion.
[5] The world record is held by US Senator Strom Thurmond who filibustered against the Civil Rights Act of 1957 for 24 hours and 18 minutes.
[5] Reported to be full at all times, the chamber heard Parnell present his own analysis and then related the submissions from the union movement and stories from injured workers.
[citation needed] An examination of the official Hansard record of the debate shows that this is incorrect and that Parnell read none of the Bill during his speech.
[citation needed] He described the bill as the most important he had dealt with since entering the parliament at the March 2006 state election: I planned to speak for a long time.
If it wasn't for the cross bench members in the Upper House the impact this law will have on injured workers and their families would never have been considered.