Bernard Lagan, Sydney
January 2 2018, 12:00pm, The
Times
If birds are supposed to be our
feathered friends, it is just possible that we owe an apology to one native
Australian species, which appears to have become a bit cheesed off with the
human race.
Australia’s largest supermarket
chain is the latest victim of the peewee, a common species about the size of a
European blackbird that, until recently, was thought to be among the least
aggressive Australian birds.
Woolworths compensates staffer
after vicious bird attack in car park
A woman who was "severely
injured" when a bird swooped her has been compensated by Woolworths to the
tune of almost $17,000.
Anita Smith was struck by a bird,
a native peewee, on May 14 that's known to guard the entryway to Kiama Village
Shopping Centre.
A customer service officer for
the supermarket, Ms Smith had surgery on her injury in mid-July, described in a
compensation claim as an "inturned central part of the right eye
flap", Fairfax Media reports.
Ms Smith was among at least 10
people who required medical attention as a result of the bird's attacks,
according to an area ophthalmologist.
The Workers Compensation
Commission ordered Woolworths to pay Ms Smith her lost wages after the
incident, which was almost $17,000 after 25 weeks of reduced employment.
The company also has to pay Ms
Smith's medical and rehabilitation bills.
The supermarket however, argued
that the incident had nothing to do with her employment. Counsel for the
supermarket had argued she was "not performing any work" at the time
of the injury.
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