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NSW Premier Chris Minns is preparing for a fight over psychosocial compensation claims.

NSW workers’ comp scheme only sustainable for ‘another two years’

Premier Chris Minns has refused to rule out lifting the threshold required for workplace mental health payouts to levels some experts say would be impossible to reach.

  • Max Maddison

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Dr Julian Parmegiani, architect of the Psychiatric Impairment Rating Scale that is used to rate psychological injury in people making workers compensation claims.

Experts say mental health payouts may become impossible

Changes proposed by the Minns government will effectively kill the scheme by making it next to impossible for injured workers to claim damages from employers, an expert says.

  • Michael McGowan
Unions NSW Secretary Mark Morey has levelled a series of criticisms at the Minns government over proposed changes to workers compensation laws.

‘Extreme and harsh’: NSW Labor on collision course with unions over workers’ comp changes

NSW Treasurer Daniel Mookhey has flagged plans for a radical overhaul of workers’ compensation for injuries such as post-traumatic stress disorder. 

  • Michael McGowan
NSW Industrial Relations Minister Sophie Cotsis.

Senior icare managers axed in shake-up of troubled insurer

A review of the NSW workers’ compensation insurer, icare, has led to an exodus of senior staff as the Minns government tightens spending at the agency.

  • Michael McGowan
SIRA chief executive officer Adam Dent.

Second CEO quits state’s embattled public insurance system

The head of the state’s insurance regulator has quit his post after being “absent from duty” for several months.

  • Alexandra Smith
Richard Harding has quit as CEO of icare.

State’s highest paid public servant quits troubled insurer

The chief executive of icare, Richard Harding, will leave his $1 million-plus role as the agency has been ordered to rein in its ballooning expenses. 

  • Alexandra Smith
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Police swarm Broadway near Sydney’s CBD to arrest anti-lockdown protesters at a rally in August.

Police suffering mental health injuries drive compensation spike

The compensation payments for all frontline NSW workers topped $1 billion last year, as claim numbers soared on the back of the COVID pandemic. 

  • Alexandra Smith
NSW Industrial Relations Minister Sophie Cotsis says her state will help lead the way on a nationally consistent ban.

Spending, salaries to be slashed at troubled state insurer

NSW Labor has ordered a sweeping review into icare, the state’s big spending state insurer. 

  • Alexandra Smith
Graeme Samuel, member of the APRA prudential inquiry: “She doesn’t just talk about it - indeed rarely does - she just does it and the results are there for all to see.”

Corporate veteran Graeme Samuel has no time for management consultants

The former ACCC chair, sport administrator and investment banker spoke dismissively of the sector in his submission into a parliamentary inquiry on consulting.

  • Kishor Napier-Raman and Noel Towell
Industrial Relations Minister Sophie Cotsis demanded that scandal-plagued icare cap its premium rises at 8 per cent.

Some employers hit with icare premiums above 16 per cent

The state’s scandal-plagued insurer will slug some businesses with premium increases well above its 8 per cent average target.

  • Alexandra Smith

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