For decades victims and survivors of child sexual abuse were cheated out of fair compensation by powerful churches and other institutions. Now there is a draft law change proposed by the NSW Attorney General that is meant to fix this, but it doesn’t work and...
The Greens have long pushed for improvements in the regulation of the building sector in NSW. I have worked on this in my role as the Chair of the Public Accountability Committee. People in NSW are genuinely shocked when they find out that there is no requirement for...
In evidence given today in budget estimates. Minister for better regulation, Kevin Anderson formally admitted there are over 550 buildings in NSW with high-risk flammable cladding, 154 of them are high rise buildings. When asked what the government was doing to ensure...
This afternoon the NSW Liberal government voted against a Greens bill that would save thousands of injured workers from having their compensations payments cut off, the day after Christmas. Savage cuts made by the Coalition to workers compensation in 2012 throw almost...
A campaign to reverse the Liberal National government’s cuts to workers compensation is being launched tomorrow with Greens MP David Shoebridge hosting a Parliamentary Forum. Under the Liberal National government’s 2012 cuts the majority of injured workers receive a...
It has been a busy year in NSW Parliament, and once again budget estimates are almost upon us. Hearings will be from Thursday 31 August to Friday 8 September 2017. We’d love to hear your thoughts about issues to raise and potential questions to ask. Budget Estimates...
A new Parliamentary report on the broken NSW workers compensation system was released today recommending major reforms to make the system fairer. There is ample scope for more generous benefits in a scheme that is running a surplus in the order of $1.87 billion. The...
The Government’s announced changes to the CTP scheme will be reviewed against three key criteria by the Greens. Will they protect the rights of the injured, reduce insurer profits and bring down Green slip premiums? Greens MP David Shoebridge said: “This is a complex...
David speaking to the Workers Compensation Independent Review Office Sydney Seminar on the 30 September about our vision for a fair Workers Compensation system.
This speech was delivered on 20.09.2016 in the NSW Upper House. You can read the original contribution here. I speak to this unanimous report, entitled “First Review of the Compulsory Third Party insurance scheme”. It is the first review for this...
2 August 2016 The highly distressing intrusive surveillance we saw of psychologically injured police on 4Corners last night shows exactly why we need a parliamentary inquiry in NSW. If you missed it you can watch it now on iview. David was interviewed about this today...
Changes to green slips in NSW will see thousands of seriously injured motorists, passengers and pedestrians who are unable to work lose their rights to compensation, with only an empty promise from the Government to reign in insurance company super profits. Greens NSW...
