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Independent MP Mark Latham

NSW Liberals concede Latham has ‘tainted’ workers’ comp reforms

NSW Liberal leader in the upper house Damien Tudehope says he is prepared to abandon one of the controversial workers’ compensation amendments.

  • Alexandra Smith

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Greg Muller spent four days in a trauma ward after a bike accident and was interviewed about his personal life during a WorkCover interview.

Greg made an insurance claim after a serious bike crash. Then a private investigator came calling

The insurance company rejected the cyclist’s claim but refused to delete personal information that the investigator collected from him.

  • Madeleine Heffernan
Joanne Cabban lost an arm after she was mauled by a lion at a Darling Downs Zoo owned by her sister and brother-in-law.

Teacher Joanne Cabban identified as lion mauling victim at Queensland zoo

The woman, whose sister co-owns the zoo, was grabbed by her left arm while watching keepers clean the lions’ enclosure.

  • Catherine Strohfeldt and Cameron Atfield
Darling Downs Zoo co-owner Steve Robinson speaking outside the zoo on Tuesday.

Sister-in-law visited lions ‘about 80 times’ before losing her arm

Darling Downs Zoo co-owner Steve Robinson confirms the victim of the lioness attack is his sister-in-law, a teacher with 20 years’ experience with the lions.

  • Cameron Atfield and Brittney Deguara
A 27-year-old worker has died at a central Queensland wind farm shortly before midday on Wednesday.

Worker dies at central Queensland wind farm

Police deemed the 27-year-old man’s death as non-suspicious, with management halting operations and providing support for staff as investigations began.

  • Catherine Strohfeldt
Kaprica’s chef Pietro Barbagallo was filmed abusing customers in April.

‘You and your phone!’ Video, staff expose ‘unhinged’ Pietro Barbagallo

The celebrated Kaprica chef has been accused of indecent exposure, violent behaviour, bullying and financial mismanagement across his restaurants.

  • Charlotte Grieve
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NSW Premier Chris Minns received a rock star welcome at Business NSW’s pre-budget breakfast.

‘I love Chris Minns’: Premier gets rock-star treatment in usually hostile territory

Minns has warned the state’s workers’ compensation scheme will not exist in five to 10 years without reform. Previously, he said it would be gone in two.

  • Max Maddison and Ellie Busby
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Got a cough coming on? Don’t soldier on. For heaven’s sake, march homewards

Based on the cavalier public behaviour I’ve witnessed recently, I fear we’ve forgotten the hard-won lessons of COVID.

  • Julie Power
Unions and crossbench MPs protested outside the state government’s ministerial offices on Monday over changes to workers compensation laws.

‘Expedited process’ on the table but major cuts still loom for workers’ comp

The NSW Labor government will introduce new laws to parliament on Tuesday in the face of fierce resistance from unions, medical experts and lawyers.

  • Alexandra Smith and Penry Buckley
Brittany Higgins.

‘They’re not taking the concerns of women seriously’: Brittany Higgins slams Crisafulli government

Sexual assault victims advocate Higgins takes aim at Queensland for delaying changes to workplace safety laws.

  • Cloe Read and Sean Parnell

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