2020 Review of the Workers Compensation Scheme

This review commenced on 18 March 2020.

Please note that the committee cannot investigate individual compensation claims as part of this review.

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Terms of reference - updated 25 January 2022

Date	Milestone
18 Mar 2020	Referred
31 May 2020	Submissions closed
28 Jul 2020	Hearing - Macquarie Room, Sydney
03 Aug 2020	Hearing - Macquarie Room, Parliament House, Sydney
24 Aug 2020	Hearing - Macquarie Room, Parliament House, Sydney
09 Sep 2020	Hearing - Macquarie Room, Parliament House, Sydney
13 Nov 2020	Hearing - Jubilee Room, Parliament House, Sydney
23 Nov 2020	Hearing - Macquarie Room, Parliament House, Sydney
01 Dec 2020	Hearing - Macquarie Room, Parliament House, Sydney
02 Dec 2020	Hearing - Macquarie Room, Parliament House, Sydney
30 Apr 2021	Final Report
01 Nov 2021	Government Response to Final Report due
03 Nov 2021	Government Response to Final Report
15 Dec 2021	Hearing - Jubilee Room, Parliament House, Sydney

No. 1 Name suppressed
No. 2 NSW Health
No. 4 Suncorp
No. 5 Business NSW (formerly NSW Business Chamber)
No. 6 Australian Lawyers Alliance
No. 7 Australian Education Union - NSW Teachers Federation Branch
No. 8 Workers Compensation Independent Review Office (WIRO)
No. 9 The Law Society of NSW
No. 10 Name suppressed
No. 11 Australian Rehabilitation Providers Association
No. 12 Police Association of NSW
No. 13 Unions NSW
No. 14 Maurice Blackburn Lawyers
No. 18 Construction, Forestry, Maritime, Mining and Energy Union, Construction and General Division, NSW Divisional Branch
No. 19 Australian Manufacturing Workers' Union
No. 20 Insurance & Care NSW (icare)
No. 21 Insurance Council of Australia
No. 22 State Insurance Regulatory Authority (SIRA)
No. 24 New South Wales Bar Association
No. 25 Mr Peter McCarthy

Date	Venue Details
28/07/2020	Macquarie Room, Sydney	Schedule	Transcript
03/08/2020	Macquarie Room, Parliament House, Sydney	Schedule	Transcript
24/08/2020	Macquarie Room, Parliament House, Sydney	Schedule	Transcript
09/09/2020	Macquarie Room, Parliament House, Sydney	Schedule	Transcript
13/11/2020	Jubilee Room, Parliament House, Sydney	Schedule	Transcript
23/11/2020	Macquarie Room, Parliament House, Sydney	Schedule	Transcript
01/12/2020	Macquarie Room, Parliament House, Sydney	Schedule	Transcript
02/12/2020	Macquarie Room, Parliament House, Sydney	Schedule	Transcript
15/12/2021	Jubilee Room, Parliament House, Sydney	Schedule	Transcript

DateSort	Report Name	Tabled Date	Government Response
	Government response - Report No 75 - Standing Committee on Law and Justice - 2020 Review of the Workers Compensation Scheme (PDF)	03/11/2021
	Report No 75 - Standing Committee on Law and Justice - 2020 Review of the Workers Compensation Scheme (PDF)	30/04/2021	Due 01/11/2021

DateSort	Date	Type	Title
2022-02-07	07/02/2022	Answers to Questions on Notice	icare
2022-01-28	28/01/2022	Answers to Questions on Notice	SIRA
2021-12-15	15/12/2021	Tabled Document	icare Insurance and Care NSW, Board Briefing - Nominal Insurer (NI) Claims Strategy Update, tabled by Mr Mookhey
2021-12-15	15/12/2021	Tabled Document	icare Insurance and Care NSW, Professional Standards Framework, NSW Nominal Insurer & Treasury Managed Fund, Workers Compensation, November 2021 v 1.1, tabled by Ms Maini
2021-12-15	15/12/2021	Tabled Document	icare list of annual performance payments, tabled by Mr Mookhey
2021-12-15	15/12/2021	Tabled Document	icare Nominal Insurer – Financials for Year to Date (YTD) September 2021, tabled by Mr Mookhey
2021-11-30	30/11/2021	Correspondence	icare update in response to recommendation 7
2021-04-30	30/04/2021	Media Release	Tabling of Report No 75 - 2020 Review of the Workers Compensation Scheme
2021-04-30	30/04/2021	Media Release	Report tabled - 2020 Review of the Workers Compensation Scheme
2021-01-25	25/01/2021	Answers to Questions on Notice	icare - 2 December 2020 Hearing
2021-01-25	25/01/2021	Correspondence	Clarification to transcript of 2 December 2020 - Ms S Liston - icare
2021-01-22	22/01/2021	Correspondence	Mr Frank Zimmermann - response to statement made at hearing 23 November 2020
2021-01-20	20/01/2021	Answers to Questions on Notice	Mr Michael Carapiet
2021-01-08	08/01/2021	Answers to Questions on Notice	Mr Nigel Freitas
2021-01-08	08/01/2021	Correspondence	Mr Greg Barnier - 8 January 2021 - response to matters raised at hearing on 23 November 2020
2021-01-07	07/01/2021	Answers to Questions on Notice	Mr Vivek Bhatia
2020-10-15	15/10/2020	Answers to Questions on Notice	NSW Treasury
2020-09-30	30/09/2020	Answers to Questions on Notice	Suncorp
2020-09-30	30/09/2020	Answers to Questions on Notice	Employers Mutual Limited (EML)
2020-09-30	30/09/2020	Answers to Questions on Notice	icare Board
2020-09-30	30/09/2020	Answers to Questions on Notice	SIRA Board
2020-09-30	30/09/2020	Answers to Questions on Notice	Mr Mark Lennon
2020-09-24	24/09/2020	Correspondence	Mr David Plumb - Chair - Audit and Risk Committee - icare Board - Clarification to transcript of 24 August 2020
2020-09-10	10/09/2020	Answers to Questions on Notice	SIRA
2020-09-10	10/09/2020	Answers to Supplementary Questions	SIRA
2020-09-07	07/09/2020	Answers to Questions on Notice	Australian Lawyers Alliance
2020-09-07	07/09/2020	Answers to Questions on Notice	AQON - icare
2020-09-07	07/09/2020	Answers to Questions on Notice	Law Society of New South Wales
2020-09-07	07/09/2020	Answers to Questions on Notice	NSW Teachers Federation
2020-09-07	07/09/2020	Answers to Questions on Notice	Police Association
2020-09-07	07/09/2020	Answers to Questions on Notice	AQON - WIRO
2020-09-07	07/09/2020	Correspondence	Ms Carmel Donnelly - CEO - SIRA - Clarification to evidence
2020-08-27	27/08/2020	Tabled Document	Key risks associated with the 31 December 2019 Nominal Insurer Valuation - tabled by Ms C Donnelly - SIRA
2020-08-24	24/08/2020	Tabled Document	Article - Effectiveness of Workplace Interventions in Return-to-Work for Musculaskeletal Pain-related and mental health conditions: an update of the evidence - tabled by Mr David Shoebridge MLC
2020-08-24	24/08/2020	Tabled Document	EML Mutual document - Swiss re Excellence and Innovation in return to work award 2015/16 - tabled by Mr David Shoebridge MLC
2020-08-24	24/08/2020	Tabled Document	Government eTendering - EML SPA 2018 - Service Provider Agreement - 4600002815 - tabled by Hon Daniel Mookhey MLC
2020-08-24	24/08/2020	Tabled Document	Answers to supplementary question no 75 - Budget Estimates 2019-2020, Portfolio Committee No. 1 – Treasury - tabled by Hon Daniel Mookhey MLC
2020-08-03	03/08/2020	Tabled Document	Appendix 05 - icare Annual Report - tabled by Hon Daniel Mookhey MLC
2020-08-03	03/08/2020	Tabled Document	Letter from icare to claimant - tabled by Mr David Shoebridge MLC
2020-08-03	03/08/2020	Tabled Document	21 Point Action Plan Updated from SIRA - tabled by Ms Carmel Donnelly - Chief Executive
2020-07-24	24/07/2020	Answers to Questions on Notice	Responses to pre-hearing questions - SIRA
2020-07-24	24/07/2020	Answers to Questions on Notice	Responses to pre-hearing questions - icare
2020-03-25	25/03/2020	Media Release	Commencement of 2020 review of the workers compensation scheme

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