Queensland holds WorkCover rates
07 April 2025
The Queensland government says it will freeze WorkCover premiums for the next financial year...
07 April 2025
The Queensland government says it will freeze WorkCover premiums for the next financial year...
07 April 2025
New Zealand has changed its licensing rules for electrical workers, plumbers, gas fitters and drain layers, and says more reforms will follow to “crack down on cowboy builders”...
07 April 2025
NSW state insurer icare says applications are open for its dust disease research grant scheme...
31 March 2025
The Insurance Council of Australia has welcomed the final report from a parliamentary inquiry into the cyclone reinsurance pool, highlighting its focus on broader affordability measures...
31 March 2025
Federal MPs have called for a focus on insurance issues such as affordability and pricing practices after reviewing the corporate and competition watchdogs’ annual reports for 2021, 2022 and 2023...
31 March 2025
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has released draft merger process guidelines for consultation ahead of laws that will begin next year...
31 March 2025
New Zealand’s Accident Compensation Corporation has ordered an independent review of its workplace culture following allegations about some senior executives’ behaviour...
31 March 2025
The general insurance industry will pay about $28.6 million to fund Australian Prudential Regulation Authority operational costs next financial year, down from $32.7 million in 2024–25, Treasury calculates...
31 March 2025
New Zealand’s Financial Markets Authority says it expects businesses to put consumers at the forefront of decision-making as the Conduct of Financial Institutions regime takes effect...
24 March 2025
The prudential regulator has urged insurers to review their outsourcing practices in preparation for the start of CPS 230 Operational Risk Management on July 1...
24 March 2025
The NSW government has taken another step towards introducing a ban on claims farming...
24 March 2025
The Federal Court has ordered Active Super to pay $10.5 million for making misleading claims about its green credentials...
24 March 2025
Vehicle repairers will be added to a NSW skills recognition scheme that streamlines the movement of workers between states, in a move welcomed by the Insurance Council of Australia...
24 March 2025
The NSW government has introduced legislation targeting suppliers’ handling and disposal of lithium-ion batteries and other products that pose safety and the environmental threats...
24 March 2025
Return to Work Victoria will provide grants of up to $500,000 for new programs to help mentally injured people re-enter the workforce quicker...
24 March 2025
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission is consulting on draft assessment guidelines for new merger notifications laws that will apply from next year...
17 March 2025
A Sydney builder has been hit with a $473,000 fine for more than 40 offences relating to uninsured work, unlicensed jobs and excessive deposits...
17 March 2025
Queensland has appointed recovery co-ordinators to help communities clean up and rebuild after Ex-Tropical Cyclone Alfred...
17 March 2025
The Queensland government has introduced resilience-focused rebuilding grants for flood-hit homeowners in the state’s north...
17 March 2025
The Victorian government says it has advised more than 1100 construction and stonemason industry operators on adapting to the recent crackdown on engineered stone...