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NSW Premier Chris Minns under fire after federal Treasurer Jim Chalmers rules out tobacco excise change
NSW Opposition Leader Mark Speakman has slammed suggestions by Premier Chris Minns that the tobacco excise could be slashed ...
Sky News host and NSW Treasurer exchange fiery barbs over changes to workers compensation as contentious bill causes standoff
Sky News host Laura Jayes has scolded NSW Treasurer Daniel Mookhey in a heated on-air exchange, as contentious reforms to ...
NSW Treasurer Daniel Mookhey accuses Coalition of $1.9bn workers comp blowout
Business and industry leaders have turned on Liberal Leader Mark Speakman over the Coalition’s decision to block an overhaul ...
NSW Labor workers comp reform to be referred to inquiry despite pleas for urgency
Labor’s controversial plan to reform workers compensation in NSW has suffered another blow after being referred to an inquiry ...
‘Broken system’: NSW Treasurer speaks on government’s proposed worker compensation reforms
New South Wales Treasurer Daniel Mookhey has spoken out on the changes the government is attempting to put in place for ...
NSW Coalition’s bold bid to postpone Labor’s ‘rushed’ workers comp reform
NSW Treasurer Daniel Mookhey has accused the Coalition of seeking to delay controversial workers compensation reforms.
Inquiry to delay NSW workers’ compensation changes
NSW Labor’s hard-fought workers’ compensation policy has been delayed indefinitely and sent to an inquiry, with the Coalition ...
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NSW Treasury staff attend workplace just half the time despite back-to-office edict
NSW Treasury employees are still only in the office about half the time – or 2.5 days a week on average – despite Premier Chris Minns ordering public servants to work “principally” from ...
Key pillar in ‘rushed’ NSW workers comp reform to be targeted by Coalition MPs as
The NSW Coalition will move to block a key plank of Treasurer Daniel Mookhey’s crackdown on workers compensation payments, ...
Australian Broadcasting Corporation23d
NSW government's workers comp changes dubbed a 'bandaid solution'
The proposed reforms, outlined in a draft exposure bill led by NSW Treasurer Daniel Mookhey, come against a backdrop of a mental health crisis sweeping Australia. While there is broad agreement ...
The Australian Financial Review26d
NSW calls on federal Labor to help ‘build, build, build’
NSW Treasurer Daniel Mookhey has thrown down the gauntlet to federal Labor to use its “powerful mandate” to boost productivity, in a speech warning that major project delays are holding the ...