It could be suggested that successive Australian Federal and State Governments have largely ignored the incidence and prevalence of Traumatic Brain Injury in Australia with an annual incidence rate of an estimated 135,000.(See research pie chart)
According to the Australian Bureau of Statistics traumatic brain injury only occurs in motor vehicle accidents, they don’t acknowledge brain injury happens in contact sports in the recreational play grounds school amateur and professional sports such as Rugby League Rugby Union Australian
Rules football Soccer and hockey .
http://www.headinjury.com/sports.htm

Within the workplace the Australian Bureau of Statistics have recorded that a worker whilst in the workplace may sustain a mental illness or a behavioural problem not a traumatic brain injury.
http://www.icms.com.au/braininjury/abstract/18.htm

Traumatic Brain Injury indirectly contributes to the rising divorce suicide, violent crimes, illegal illicit drug and alcohol drug dependency and unemployment.

The average stay in hospital for an individual who have suffered mild or moderate concussion which is a brain injury is one night.

No less than 50% and no more than 65% of individuals are diagnosed with a mild or moderate traumatic brain injury six months post hospital separation.

Sociological effects of brain injury have a domino effect on individuals, family, community and Australian society. This injury can shatter families and has a direct impact on the Australian suicide rate, petty and major crime rates, drug addiction, alcoholism, violence in the family home, employment and discrimination within the social welfare state along with impacting on the social and political economy.