Motorists across the state won't be reaping any rewards when the NSW Government put forward their proposed reforms to Green Slips.
The reforms would see Hunter motorists Green Slip bills cut by $100, but the system of lump sum payments would be changed to weekly payments and those claiming serious injuries won't be able to claim for longer than two years for a loss of earnings, are just some of the changes which could come into fruition.
Premier Gladys Berejiklian and her government claim the changes would benefit taxpayers in a reduction of costs.
Not everyone agrees, least of all Swansea MP Yasmin Catley.
This isn't the first time the government have tried to make changes to the system, and if their bill is successfully passed in parliament this time it would come into play in December.
"They know that what they're trying to do is bad for motorists and that's why this is their third attempt. So we'll see what they have to deliver today but I'll tell you what Labor will be sticking up for motorists and making sure that the fundamentals of the CTP which are looking after people who have been injured through no fault of their own and that they are compensated and looked after into the future," said Yasmin Catley.
The reforms would also aim to enhance the power of the State Insurance Regulatory Authority to tackle fraud and regulate insurer profits which have averaged 20 per cent since 1999.
This is something Yasmin Catley does agree with saying "most importantly the insurance companies super profit has to be stopped. This government has been reluctant to do that. They're too soft on insurance companies and that's because people are lobbying for insurance companies and it's important that at the end of the day it isn't insurance companies that get the best end of this deal, it has to be the motorists of NSW".
