Access to information

Under the Government Information (Public Access) Act 2009, certain information is required by law to be available on our website, free of charge. This is called "open access information" and includes our:

Policy documents

We have a large number of corporate policies under which we operate. Our policies relate to internal and external operational procedures and protocols. These can be found throughout our website.

Some relate directly with the practices that affect members of the public. To access a copy of any of these documents or if you require a copy of a document that is not found on our website, please contact us on 13 74 72 or email the Right to Information Unit directly gipa@sira.nsw.gov.au.

Disclosure log

Our disclosure log is a record of information that the State Insurance Regulatory Authority (SIRA) has released that may be of interest to other members of the public.

If you would like to obtain a copy of this information, please contact us at gipa@sira.nsw.gov.au.

Our disclosure log is continuously updated as information is released under the GIPA Act.

Proactive release

Agencies are encouraged to go beyond the minimum mandatory disclosure requirement, unless there is an overriding public interest against disclosure.

SIRA has available the SIRA open data analytics tool, to facilitate public access to CTP and workers compensation data.

Below are information requests applied for informally under the GIPA Act. To request this information, please email gipa@sira.nsw.gov.au.

SIRA documents tables in Parliament

Law and Justice – Workers Compensation

Law and Justice – CTP/LTCS

Law and Justice – Future of Work

Law and Justice – Dust Diseases (Work Health and Safety Amendment (Information Exchange) Bill 2020)

Register of government contracts

Part 3 Division 5 of the GIPA Act sets out information about an agency's responsibility to publish contracts worth $150,000 or more on their website.

See our register of contracts at NSW eTendering.

Agency information guide

Under the Government Information (Public Access) Act 2009 (GIPA Act) each NSW Government department and agency is required to publish an Agency Information Guide. This guide provides a general description of:

• The structure and functions of SIRA.
• Ways in which the functions of SIRA affect members of the public.
• How members of the public can participate in the formulation of SIRA policies and provide feedback.
• The types of information held by SIRA.
• The types of information that SIRA makes available to the public, and how to access it.
• The fees and charges required to be paid to access different types of information.

You should check the open access information on SIRA’s website to see if the information you are looking for is already available. In addition to the “open access information” which SIRA is required by law to make available, SIRA also proactively releases a large volume of other information.

If you cannot find the information you are looking for on this website, you can ask us whether the information has already been released by SIRA proactively in some other form (eg. in printed form).

You can contact the GIPA team on gipa@sira.nsw.gov.au to ask if the information you are after has been released by SIRA either on this website or in another form. Some publications may only be available on the payment of a fee, but we will let you know if that is the case.

If the information you are after has not already been published by SIRA, but is information which raises no particular concerns in terms of possible public interest reasons why it should not be released, then SIRA may be able to release it to you on request without the formalities of having to make a formal application.

If you think this applies to the information you are after you can contact us gipa@sira.nsw.gov.au to make an informal request.

Generally, we try to release information we hold without the need for you to make a formal access application, unless there are good reasons to require one.

Under the Government Information (Public Access) Act 2009, however, government agencies are not required to release information without an access application. SIRA reserves the right to require you to lodge an access application, particularly if there may be significant public interest considerations that need to be taken into account in deciding whether the information can be released or if you request a large volume of information or if it would otherwise take SIRA a significant amount of time to consider and respond to your request.

You are encouraged to email your application to us.  Emailing your application will help ensure we receive your application as soon as possible.  However, if you prefer you can mail your application to us.

By email: gipa@sira.nsw.gov.au

In writing:
State Insurance Regulatory Authority
Right to Information Officer, GIPA Team
Locked Bag 2906 
Lisarow NSW 2252

Application fee to be paid by electronic funds transfer (EFT):

• Reference: Your family name – GIPA
• Account name: State Insurance Regulatory Authority
• Bank: Westpac Banking Corporation
• BSB: 032-001
• Account number: 112713

A remittance advice must be sent to gipa@sira.nsw.gov.au

The Act says that we are only able to accept access applications:

1. that are emailed or lodged in writing and emailed or sent to us at the address above;
2. that clearly state you are requesting information under the Government Information (Public Access) Act 2009 (NSW);
3. where the $30 application fee has been paid (or the discounted fee paid if applicable);
4. that have a return email or postal address as the address for correspondence; and
5. which include as much specific information as necessary to enable us to identify the information you are asking for.

If your application does not include these five things, it will be invalid and will not be processed. If that happens, however, we will let you know and we will help you, if possible, by explaining how you can make a valid application.

Otherwise we will write to acknowledge receipt of a valid access application within 5 working days and will deal with your application within 20 working days (subject to any extension allowed for under the Act). If any extension of time is required to deal with your application, we will let you know in writing.

Note: We can refuse a request for information if there is an overriding public interest against disclosure or if searching for the requested information would require unreasonable and substantial diversion of its resources. Any decision to withhold or release the documents is appealable by either the applicant or third parties (i.e. other parties involved in the documents).

Access application form

SIRA’s GIPA application form can be used to help you ask for information.

Service of a subpoena or summons

Subpoenas and summons can be served by email.

By delivering the subpoena or summons via email it will help ensure there is no delay in processing the subpoena or summons.

Please send any subpoena or originating process to: subpoena@sira.nsw.gov.au