After the crossman and the League band forced an investigation together, the Council will be asked about it, a controversial bill to reduce compensation claims for psychological harm caused by workers in New South Wales.

Once the scope of the evidence was known, independent Mark Latham conducted a relatively quick inquiry and the date set by the investigation chair.

The move is a setback for the Minnesota Labor government, which issued a workers’ compensation bill a week ago, insisting it is very urgent and needs to be passed this week.

State treasurer Daniel Mookhey, who opposes the investigation, said New South Wales' compensation plan has a $5 million deficit every day.

On June 24, the full impact of public sector workers on psychological injury claims will be obvious when the state budget is delivered.

Mookhey said there was a $20 billion worsening in the Treasury fund this week, which paid for civil servants’ claims. He also warned that business premiums will need to rise by 36% over the next three years.

“No employer has to worry about the sustainability of the program,” he said. “If we delay the task further, the task will become more difficult.”

The government's bill will increase the threshold for overall personal damage from 20% to 30%, limiting its compensation to 2.5 years.

Alliance campaigns and medical and legal experts have harshly criticized this, saying the barriers are too high and will prevent workers from operating without the required financial support.

The opposition hopes for the remaining threshold, but has amended the definition of bullying and other aspects of the bill, which it says will lead to more modest savings.

Abigail Boyd, chairman of the Public Accounts Committee, said the government "completely violates trust" by blurring the impact on various government accounts and failing to produce modeling that allows members to evaluate the impact of the program.

“I don’t like being misled,” Boyd said. "The Treasurer deliberately confuses the nominal fund with the Treasury-managed fund," she said, accusing Mookhey of being concerned about the state's AAA rating, but at the expense of injured workers.

"Talking about life and death is not dramatic," she said, after the 2012 change, five people committed suicide.

"These are the most brutal and dangerous reforms. If you think I will pay the price of my life to do so, then I urge you to support the inquiry."

The investigation is expected to begin as soon as possible, and Mookhey said he wants to pass the bill in Parliament's budget seat.

The committee will meet next week and will be chaired by Boyd, including
Latham and Coalition MLCS Damien Tudehope, Sarah Mitchell. The government will nominate three members.

The treasurer publicly stated that he was willing to cooperate.