More types of workers will have access to workers' compensation, and journey claims will be restored, under a 38-page Amendment Bill that reverses many of the changes made during the major overhaul of the Northern Territory's workers' comp scheme in 2015.
The workers' compensation schemes in five jurisdictions will be amended, and employer premiums increased, under one of the Federal Government's preferred options for ensuring catastrophically injured workers are supported for life.
The Northern Territory has introduced a Bill that establishes "fit notes", caps injured workers' weekly and medical benefits, and follows South Australia's lead by changing the name of its workers' comp statute to the Return to Work Act.