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Alex Mitchell

Unions riled over Labor compensation scheme 'betrayal'

Workers with mental health issues will be worse off under changes to a compo scheme, unions say. (Dean Lewins/AAP PHOTOS)

Workers claim mental health support will be reduced under proposed changes to a compensation scheme, labelling it a Labor government "betrayal".

The NSW government said it was "modernising" its beleaguered workers' compensation scheme, with physical injuries still treated in the same manner as psychological ones.

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