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

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.

  • byMax Maddison

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Experts say mental health payouts may become impossible

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.

  • byMichael McGowan
The ex-Labor councillor trying to stop the party’s 55-year reign in this Sydney seat

The ex-Labor councillor trying to stop the party’s 55-year reign in this Sydney seat

In previous elections Carmen Lazar was a Labor volunteer handing out voting cards to a queue of voters. This year she’s handing out Liberal cards with her face on them.

  • byFrances Howe
Anzac Day is too important to be hijacked by politics

Anzac Day is too important to be hijacked by politics

Sherie Barton and her husband,a Vietnam veteran,were perturbed by the heavy presence of politicians at the Anzac ceremony they attended.

Eddie Obeid to keep his ‘socks and jocks’ along with $30 million
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Eddie Obeid to keep his ‘socks and jocks’ along with $30 million

The NSW Crime Commission had been seeking ways to confiscate the $30 million the former NSW MP made from a corrupt coal licence deal.

  • byKate McClymont
Grand Sydney Central Station plans may not be so grand

Grand Sydney Central Station plans may not be so grand

Rezoning proposals to curb development at Central Station create more planning confusion.

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Revealed:What NSW voters really think of their schools and transport

Revealed:What NSW voters really think of their schools and transport

Despite Premier Chris Minns making the restoration of trust in public services central to his election pitch two years ago,fewer than half of voters have positive opinions about most key services.

  • byMichael McGowan
Religion and good morals don’t always go together

Religion and good morals don’t always go together

Columnist Ross Gittins makes the mistake of assuming that organised religion leads to altruism and belief in the common good,writes Mark d’Arbon.

One in 10 tunnel workers at risk of silicosis,research finds

One in 10 tunnel workers at risk of silicosis,research finds

The University of Sydney research,published this month,estimated up to 300 of 2042 workers across three major transport projects would be diagnosed with the incurable lung disease.

  • byMax Maddison
He blew the whistle on a $39 million school building tender. Now ICAC is investigating
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He blew the whistle on a $39 million school building tender. Now ICAC is investigating

Murray Ellen first raised concerns about Schools Infrastructure NSW as far back as 2022.

  • byMichael McGowan
M6 sinkhole dispute deepens as workers stood down indefinitely
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M6 sinkhole dispute deepens as workers stood down indefinitely

Already delayed by two sinkholes,below-ground work on the M6 stage one will be paused indefinitely after negotiations between the contractor and government broke down.

  • byMax Maddison