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‘Loads and loads of people got injured, some died’: Why holidays and risk-taking go hand in hand

Swept up in the joy and adrenaline of being on holiday it feels like the rules don’t apply, and you find out sometimes that they really do.

  • Tim Barlass

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Icare is paying hundreds of millions of dollars a year to medical practitioners for services that are unnecessary or cost more than they should.

NSW Labor to introduce bill to end bonuses for icare executives

The top eight executives at the embattled state insurance agency enjoyed $8 million in combined salary and bonuses in two years.

  • Lucy Cormack
The Keresztesis at their Glen Iris home.

'We have the right to be happy': Family's five-year battle over insurance claim

Claims handling was a big issue at the Hayne royal commission. The case of the Keresztesi family's experience with their insurer shows just what can go wrong.

  • Paul Sakkal
The ACT government is ditching its common-law compulsory third party insurance scheme in favour of a hybrid, no-fault model.

No compensation for anxiety, depression caused by car crash

Psychological disorders caused by a crash won't be covered by the new compulsory third party insurance scheme.

  • Katie Burgess
Ahead of a major overhaul of compulsory third-party insurance, a review of the existing scheme has found claims are taking years to finalise.

CTP premiums falling but scheme still expensive

Claims are taking an average of 2.7 years to finalise, and there are claims still being settled from 2009, a review of the current scheme has found. 

  • Katie Burgess
Unions ACT secretary Alex White says the new CTP scheme is a step backwards for workers and unions have been cut out of its development.

CTP reforms 'worse for workers rights', unions say

Unions ACT also says it has been cut out of the Barr government's overhaul of compulsory third party insurance, despite the impact on injured workers.

  • Katie Burgess
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Diplomats injured in car accidents will be able to claim CTP benefits under the new scheme - so long as they don't try and invoke diplomatic immunity to escape criminal charges related to the crash.

Immunity or insurance? Diplomats will be forced to choose

Diplomats responsible for a car crash will only be able to receive compulsory third party insurance benefits if they don't invoke immunity from criminal charges.

  • Katie Burgess
Under the new CTP, anyone injured in a motor vehicle crash can access up to five years' of paid medical treatment and care, regardless of fault.

Projected CTP savings fall under amended scheme

Canberrans could save as little as $14 on the new model of compulsory third party insurance, after changes to the draft legislation.

  • Katie Burgess
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More people able to sue for damages under amended CTP bill

Common law damages were originally restricted to not-at-fault claimants who met an injury threshold.

  • Katie Burgess
Motor vehicle accident victim Glenn Herbert has filed a discrimination claim against the ACT government and Democracy Co over their decision to exclude CTP claimants from last year's citizen's jury.

Glenn was blocked from the CTP jury. Now he's filing a complaint

Glenn Herbert had a CTP claim under way at the time of the jury, but felt he could have brought a useful perspective to the deliberations.

  • Katie Burgess

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