“….the big insurers have had a bonanza – with our help – and they should give some of that back.”
Bob Carr, former premier of NSW
Daily Telegraph, 7 June 2005, p.2
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The pendulum has swung too far, injured people deserve better. We can afford it.
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Briefing paper
What is meant by personal injury or fair compensation? More information
Brochure
What is wrong with the system? What can be done to change the system? Read more
The legal profession has made detailed submissions to parliamentary inquiries into personal injury legislation. But the government and opposition ignore all the evidence. More information
Question time in parliament
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Media coverage
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Reports
A range of material, from annual reports to actuarial studies
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Speeches & soundbytes
View a collection of speeches and grabs on the subject of tort reform
Relevant legislation
View a collection of speeches on the subject of tort reform
• Civil Liability Act
• Workers Compensation Act
• Motor Accidents Act
New data obtained under FOI reveals that we can afford to give injured people in NSW a fair go.
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Report of the NSW Legislative Council inquiry
"The committee is very concerned that inconsistencies in access to compensation under the personal injury laws in NSW means that individuals who suffer injury are treated differently according to whether their injury occorred at work, in a motor vehicle or in a public place..."
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Wide ranging changes to personal injury laws were justified on the grounds that there was an "insurance crisis" and that NSW was becoming a more litigious society. Some myths include:
Myth: Judges 'playing Santa'
The truth is that judicial attitudes had shifted toward an emphasis on personal responsibility well before reforms to compensation laws were contemplated
Myth: Benefits for the injured have improved
The truth is that benefits for injured people have substantially reduced
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Massive profits
Insurers have raked in premiums but reduced payouts.
Privatising the benefit and socialising the pain . While injured people make do with inadequate compensation, the burden on the public health system only increases.
Under NSW law, more than 90 per cent of people injured
through someone else’s fault don’t meet the test for
fair compensation because of complex percentage
thresholds. Read more
What the judges have said
Judges quickly noticed the damaging effect of changes to personal injury laws in New South Wales. Read more
NSW Greens Party
South Coast Labour Council
Newcastle Trades Hall Council
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Open letter
An open letter to the premier and leader of the opposition, published in the Sunday Telegraph and Daily Telegraph More information
