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The IRC as gatekeeper: a shift away from the traditional demarcation between industrial and workers compensation issues in New South Wales

Published on 16 Oct 2026 by Jacqueline Pearce and Scott Dougall

This article examines the IRC’s emerging role as a “gatekeeper” within the workers compensation scheme in respect of psychological injuries, and the interpretive, practical and jurisprudential challenges likely to arise under the new provisions, The article also considers the broader implications of the regime for workers, employers, insurers and legal practitioners. The reforms therefore reflect more than a simple redistribution of jurisdiction. They represent a growing convergence between industrial relations and workers compensation systems that will require practitioners to adopt increasingly multidisciplinary approaches to workplace disputes.

Assaulted while driving: Can I be compensated by the MVA Insurer?

Published on 12 Oct 2026 by Jackson Gilbert

An Uber driver who was punched through the window during a road-rage incident has failed to establish entitlement to statutory benefits under the Motor Accident Injuries Act 2017 (NSW) in Aziz v NRMA Insurance.

Finding of professional misconduct over administrative error by “coordinating doctor” in voluntary assisted dying process

Published on 6 Oct 2026 by Bill Madden and Heidi Shooks

This article outlines a decision of the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal (Tribunal) arising under the Voluntary Assisted Dying Act 2017 (Vic) (the Act). This decision relates to the conduct of a “coordinating doctor” for a person seeking to access voluntary assisted dying (VAD) under the Act.