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Friday 21 April, 2023

The Independent Review Office (IRO) will again run a Sydney Seminar on Wednesday 14 June 2023 between 10am and 3pm.

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Thursday 16 March, 2023

Over the past year IRO has been undertaking a Business Process Review in order to increase the effectiveness and efficiency of our services.-The Review aims to increase the quality, efficiency and consistency of our ILARS and Solutions services and has seen us review our end-to-end business processes including:

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Thursday 16 March, 2023

Over the past year IRO has been undertaking a Business Process Review in order to increase the effectiveness and efficiency of our services. The Review aims to increase the quality, efficiency and consistency of our ILARS and Solutions services and has seen us review our end-to-end business processes including:

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Monday 6 March, 2023

Our Regional Seminars are beginning this week, with registrations remaining open for most (registration links are below), but filling fast.

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Wednesday 22 February, 2023

The Independent Review Office (IRO) is hosting our Annual Sydney Seminar on Wednesday 14 June 2023 between 10am and 3pm at Aerial UTS Function Centre in Ultimo, Sydney. Feedback from our most recent Sydney Seminar included a recommendation that we ask practitioners and others working in personal injury to present to their colleagues at the Seminar.- - We are acting on this feedback by calling for expressions of interest in presenting a paper at the IRO Sydney Seminar. Information about the Seminars-

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Thursday 9 February, 2023

IRO News is a tri-annual publication to keep Independent Review Office (IRO) stakeholders informed about our work. It is available here

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Monday 12 December, 2022

The presentation for the IRO Approved Lawyer and Paralegal Training Course 2022 is now available.

The presentation can be accessed here.

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Friday 9 December, 2022

Case Studies in the IRO Bulletin (No. 20 - 124) is now available.

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Monday 10 October, 2022

The latest issue of IRO News has been published.

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Friday 3 June, 2022

The latest issue of IRO News has been published.

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Friday 20 May, 2022

Registrations filling up for IRO Sydney Seminar

Registrations are filling up fast for in-person attendance at the Independent Review Office (IRO) Sydney Seminar to be held on June 15. Register now to confirm your place.

The seminar, A Focus on Psychological Injuries and COVID-19, to be held at Aerial UTS Function Centre in Ultimo from 9.30am-3pm, will also be live streamed and recorded and made available on the IRO website following the event - so if you can-t secure an in-person registration you will still be able to participate.

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Monday 9 May, 2022

Registrations are now open for the Independent Review Office (IRO) Sydney Seminar to be held on June 15.

The seminar, A Focus on Psychological Injuries and COVID-19, to be held at Aerial UTS Function Centre in Ultimo from 9.30am-3pm, will be live streamed and recorded and made available on the IRO website following the event.

Two trends that stand out in statutory personal injury claims in 2022 have been the increase in psychological injury claims and the impact of COVID-19.

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Monday 9 May, 2022

The paper "Resolution of disputes under Section 60 of the Workers Compensation Act 1987 (NSW) in the Personal Injury Commission" is now available.

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Wednesday 6 April, 2022

The Independent Review Office (IRO) will again run a Sydney Seminar on 15 June 2022.

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Wednesday 9 March, 2022

The first edition of our new publication, IRO News, has been published.

IRO News is a tri-annual publication to keep Independent Review Office (IRO) stakeholders informed about our work. Along with general news and updates it also feature two regular sections, ILARS Update and Solutions Spotlight where you will read updates on these two specialised areas.

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Thursday 24 February, 2022

The Independent Review Office (IRO) will again run a series of Regional Seminars in May 2022. Planned Seminars in February this year, and also previously in 2020/21, were cancelled due to COVID-19 restrictions; now that these restrictions are being lifted across New South Wales, the IRO team is visiting north, south and west regional centres.

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Wednesday 8 December, 2021

The Independent Review Office (IRO) will again run a series of Regional Seminars in early 2022. Planned Seminars in 2020/21 were cancelled due to COVID-19 restrictions; now that these restrictions are lifting across New South Wales, the IRO team is visiting north, south and west regional centres.

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Thursday 25 November, 2021

The Independent Review Office (IRO) saw record demand for all services in 2020-21, with increased complaints about personal injury compensation insurers and more applications for legal assistance by lawyers representing injured workers.

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Monday 31 May, 2021

The IRO ALERT - 2021 Seminar Program released is now available.

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Monday 31 May, 2021

The 2021 IRO Seminar Program is now available and can be viewed here.

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