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Independent upper house MP Taylor Martin.

‘I will not be the patsy for this government’: Premier declares workers’ comp fight over after dramatic loss

A dramatic late-hour backflip from a key independent has seen the government’s attempts to reform the workers’ compensation system fail.

  • Max Maddison and Alexandra Smith

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NSW Treasurer Daniel Mookhey’s proposed reforms of the state’s workers compensation system remain in flux.

The number of injured workers covered under changes to controversial scheme

As the workers’ compensation reforms return to parliament, a report has found NSW has the second most expensive scheme in Australia.

  • Max Maddison
Workers' compensation schemes in NSW and Victoria are in crisis.

Glimmer of hope in workers compensation stand-off

A new compromise proposal could break the deadlock and provide a first step in reforming the broken system.

Daniel Hunter, CEO of Business NSW

Why the Business NSW boss faces criticism for his $100k board position

Business NSW chief executive Daniel Hunter is under fire for being paid to sit on the board of icare while publicly supporting contentious government reforms.

  • Alexandra Smith and Max Maddison
Matt U’Brien, formerly with NSW Police and Fire Rescue NSW, his wife Sarah and daughter Lillian, 18, who all gave evidence at a NSW Parliament inquiry on Tuesday.

Social media profiles of injured worker’s young daughter monitored by private investigations company

An inquiry considering the state government’s controversial workers compensation scheme heard plans to severely curtail injured workers’ access to long-term payments as “barbarism”.

  • Max Maddison
Chris McCann, a former icare official who blew the whistle on alleged wrongdoing at the agency, pictured at his home in 2020.

Five years ago Labor lauded him a hero. Now McCann fears he’s ‘a pawn’

A former icare official turned whistleblower has warned that people will die as a result of proposed changes to the workers’ compensation system.

  • Michael McGowan
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Mitchell Jones estimates his disability support company Includa has overpaid their iCare premiums by more than $800,000 since being established because of a policy quirk of iCare.

The quirk in the fine print that cost this employer $822,000

It’s the policy buried deep in icare’s workers’ compensation scheme. NDIS provider Mitchell Jones believes hundreds of businesses could be unknowingly affected.

  • Max Maddison
Liberal MLC Damien Tudehope and independent MP Mark Latham

These two men want an extra hurdle for sexual harassment claims. It will cost millions

The NSW Liberals teamed with Mark Latham to change workers’ compensation laws, but their plans will deliver $800 million less in savings.

  • Alexandra Smith
NSW Premier Chris Minns (left) and former One Nation MP turned independent Mark Latham.

Workers’ compensation legislation suffers blow after key MP turns

Treasurer Daniel Mookhey accused a Greens MP of “deliberately misleading” the public during a heated second public hearing considering the government’s workers’ compensation reforms.

  • Max Maddison
NSW MP Mark Latham will determine whether the government’s contentious workers compensation reforms return for a vote in late June.

Government relying on Latham for workers’ compensation reforms

In April 2023, Premier Chris Minns ruled out working with rogue MP Mark Latham. Now he needs the former Labor leader to pass his contentious workers’ compensation scheme.

  • Max Maddison

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