WorkCover Queensland 30 day Legal Notice

To: Corporate Affairs <Corporate.Affairs@workcoverqld.com.au>

Subject: 30 Day Warning – Notification of Inclusion in ICC Case for Crimes Against Humanity

30/05/2025

To: WorkCover Queensland / Relevant State WorkCover Authority

This letter serves as formal notice that WorkCover will be named in my upcoming submission to the International Criminal Court (ICC) on 1 July 2025, for its role in crimes against humanity—specifically, systemic negligence, inhumane treatment, and denial of appropriate medical recognition and support relating to known toxic chemical exposure through Vietnam Veteran Agent Orange exposure 2nd Generation. 

International Context – TCDD and Obligations Ignored

In 1993, the World Health Organization (WHO) officially classified TCDD (dioxin)—a toxic component of Agent Orange—as a Group 1 carcinogen, known to cause cancer, immune dysfunction, birth defects, and neurodevelopmental disorders.

In 2004, Australia ratified the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants, identifying TCDD as a Persistent Organic Pollutant (POP). Under this treaty, Australia has binding obligations to protect those harmed by dioxins—including second-generation individuals. These obligations extend to public systems, including WorkCover.

Despite these international alerts, WorkCover and its contracted providers had access to this information for decades, yet took no steps to assess, inform, or support those affected. I was left unaware of the link between my lifelong health conditions and my father’s Vietnam service. You knew. I didn’t.

WorkCover doctors had access to WHO’s 1993 classification of TCDD as a Group 1 carcinogen, Australia’s obligations under the 2004 Stockholm Convention, and federal toxicology alerts issued through NICNAS before 2011. Despite this, they failed to apply the precautionary principle or recognise the known medical impacts of dioxin exposure, breaching both their professional duty of care, Australian law and international guidelines.

WorkCover’s Role in Prolonging Harm

WorkCover oversaw and enabled medical assessments that failed to:

• Investigate chemical or inherited causes of my conditions

• Account for the internationally recognised effects of TCDD

• Provide me with informed or trauma-sensitive care

• Recognise that my congenital and degenerative conditions were not caused by an accident, but by toxic exposure passed through generations

In addition, a formal complaint of malpractice and negligence has been lodged against WorkCover’s contracted doctor, through both the medical regulatory authorities and the Queensland Department of Health. His conduct contributed directly to my mistreatment, misdiagnosis, and further trauma.

This was not isolated error—it was institutional failure, compounded by a lack of policy, risk screening, or care.

You Will Be Named

WorkCover Queensland, and all relevant individuals within your system who participated in these failures, will be named in my ICC submission. This includes:

• The contracted doctor under complaint

• Any case managers or decision-makers who facilitated denial, delay, or misrepresentation of my condition

• Executives responsible for policy decisions ignoring known toxicological risks

You will be listed alongside:

• The Department of Veterans’ Affairs (DVA)

• The Department of Defence

• Centrelink / Services Australia

• The Prime Minister’s Office

• The chemical manufacturer 

• The governments of Australia, New Zealand, Canada, France, and the United States.

My website documents the evidence WorkCover ignored—including scans, diagnoses, family history, and global scientific reports. This record will be submitted with my ICC complaint.

This Is Not a Request. This Is Notice.

I am not asking for a reassessment. I am not asking for anything. This is formal notice that WorkCover will be held accountable for its role in 50 years of preventable harm. You had the information. You failed to act. You caused further damage.

You have 30 days to acknowledge this notice.

Warm Agent Orange Burns regards,Danielle StevensWe will always be a child of a Vietnam Veteranhttps://agentorangechild.wixsite.com/agent-orange-childA formal complaint has been lodged the International Criminal Court for Crimes against Humanity a second submission including additional entities will be lodged on the 1st of July 2025All correspondence can be included in legal proceedings.