Business lobby unhappy with coal law changes, but so are injured workers

Ian Kirkwood
Updated August 21 2018 - 3:24pm, first published 6:00am
CLARITY: NSW Business Chamber says new coal industry workers comp legislation appears to go well beyond its intended reach, affecting service providers as well as mineworkers.
CLARITY: NSW Business Chamber says new coal industry workers comp legislation appears to go well beyond its intended reach, affecting service providers as well as mineworkers.

LEGISLATION designed to close a loophole in coalmining workers’ compensation law has created a problem for companies providing various everyday services to the coal industry, according to a major employers’ group.

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Ian Kirkwood

Ian Kirkwood

Journalist

Reporting journalist at the Newcastle Herald since 1987. Editorial writer, general reporter, industrial relations, industry and coal.

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