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Businesses spared rising costs as peace deal struck

Christmas has come early for businesses with a months-long impasse on workers compensation resolved, ensuring insurance premiums do not surge.

AAP · Dec 11, 2025

'Layers of spin' used to push workers comp changes

Proposed changes to Australia's biggest workers compensation scheme are caught in the middle of a political fracas as opponents say the reforms are "barbaric".

AAP · Nov 3, 2025

Black hole looms as workers comp scheme expands

Victims of bullying and sexual harassment can now seek redress under Australia's largest workers compensation scheme, but questions remain about its viability.

AAP · Oct 13, 2025

Govt touts workers comp laws for 'future generations'

Workers suffering from mental health injury will face stricter eligibility rules to claim compensation under laws proposed by the NSW government.

AAP · May 26, 2025

Higher bar to prove stress, burnout in compo overhaul

Psychological injuries that stop people getting on with the job have been blamed for making a major state workers compensation scheme unsustainable.

AAP · Mar 18, 2025

Paralympian medallist inspires young rural Australians

Scott Reardon is taking his message of hope and resilience to regional NSW ahead of the Paralympics, where his wife, long jumper Vanessa Low, will compete.

AAP · Jul 5, 2024

Worker insurance boss quits $1m post at troubled agency

Scandal-plagued NSW public insurer icare is looking for a new chief after the man credited with leading it through a "period of crisis" resigned from his role.

AAP · Apr 10, 2024

Injured workers underpaid as insurer costs spiral

The financial sustainability of the NSW workers' compensation scheme is under pressure as premiums rise and employees take longer to recover.

AAP · Apr 2, 2024

The Florida Barrier Reef's Last Stand

Summer heat this year posed an existential threat to the world's third-largest barrier reef.

Reason · Dec 19, 2023

The heroic effort to save Florida’s coral reef from devastating ocean heat

Armed with scrub brushes, young scuba divers took to the waters of Florida’s Alligator Reef in late July to try to help corals struggling to survive 2023’s extraordinary marine heat wave. They carefully scraped away harmful algae and predators impinging on staghorn fragments, under the supervision and training of interns…

The Conversation · Aug 9, 2023