Many people have already used Uber or GoGet rather than hire a taxi to get around. This has upset taxi drivers, understandably, who have to pay for expensive licences and insurances while meeting legal standards. The NSW government has decided to update the legislation for this brave new world of rideshare and is asking the public to have its say.
The Motor Accident Injuries Bill 2017 passed NSW Parliament at the end of March. It will operate from 1 December 2017 and takes the first step towards reform of the NSW CTP scheme.
Drivers in NSW know they pay the highest CTP premiums in Australia. Their premiums have increased some 85% in 10 years. Reform to the NSW CTP scheme has been a long time coming. But finally, Premier Gladys Berejiklian and Minister for Finance, Services and Property Victor Dominello announced some detail on 7 March.
Following an unsuccessful attempt in 2013, the NSW government is back on the path of CTP reform. The latest discussion paper, “Reforming insurer profit in compulsory third party (CTP) vehicle insurance”, was released in November 2016. This time, it addresses the issue of insurer super-profits.
While reform of the NSW CTP scheme is still under discussion, caps on legal fees for minor CTP claims have already become law.
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In what is widely seen as another backflip, the NSW government has decided to revisit its radical ideas for CTP reform.
In NSW alone, 21 young people have died this year in crashes involving P Plate drivers. Although only 10% of drivers in Australia are on P Plates, they are twice as likely to die as all drivers. This is why the graduated licensing scheme for learners and P Platers in NSW is changing.
On 29 June, the NSW government announced a long overdue package of reforms to the NSW CTP insurance scheme. Reactions to the package, as you might expect, have been mixed. In general, insurers and health bodies welcome the proposed reforms but lawyers and advocates, like Greens MP, David Shoebridge, are very critical.
Motorists across NSW may be able to look forward to cheaper CTP green slips from 1 July 2017. The NSW government is keen to improve the hugely inefficient CTP scheme, which was last reviewed in 1999, and has come up with a hybrid package of defined benefits and lump sums.
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