Two Raw Clips the Public Was Never Meant to See
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These are not finished edits. There are no graphics. No colour grade. No carefully shaped narrative.
And that is exactly why we’re releasing them now.
With the NSW Public Accountability & Works Committee report on the Workers’ Compensation Amendment Bill now public, the people of NSW deserve to hear what has been said off-camera by those involved in shaping policy not only what appears in official statements or under parliamentary privilege.
These two clips speak for themselves.
Clip 1 — Chris McCann on Treasurer Daniel Mookhey
“In 2020 he called me at all hours. In 2025 he told me to call Lifeline.”
Chris McCann — former Victoria Police Detective, former icare Head of Compliance, and the whistleblower who helped expose the financial and operational breakdown of the NSW Workers' Compensation Scheme in 2020 — is one of the few people who fully understands how the Guidewire IT failure disrupted NSW workers’ compensation.
He describes:
staff working and sleeping inside icare offices. Unsafely
injured workers going unpaid
claims chaos
algorithmic triage
and a tender process later questioned for appearing to have only one viable proposal
He also explains how, in 2020, Daniel Mookhey (then in Opposition) contacted him frequently including late nights, weekends, and via LinkedIn seeking documents to hold the former government to account. In Parliament, Labor publicly praised Chris as “brave” and a “hero.”
In 2025, when Chris reached out to warn the now-Treasurer about the risks of the new reforms and to say the situation was affecting his own health. The response he received was a text message:
“Call Lifeline.”
That is the experience of one of the key whistleblowers who helped expose the original scandal.
Clip 2 — Michael Buckland
“Some of those people have really been screwed over. I’m surprised they’re not more angry.”
This clip is from a 2022 interview with Michael Buckland, then CEO of the McKell Institute, released with their report “It’s Broken.”
In it, Buckland openly acknowledges the extent of the harm done to injured workers.
Fast-forward to 2025:
Buckland is now Chief of Staff to Treasurer Daniel Mookhey, who is responsible for introducing a bill that:
raises the permanent impairment threshold
removes key psychological injury protections
and risks excluding thousands of workers from support
The same person who once said workers had “been screwed over” is now working inside the office advancing reforms that many believe will worsen their situation.
Why we’re releasing these now
Because the public narrative currently being circulated does not reflect the full picture. Because both injured workers and small businesses have been caught in the fallout of a system failure they did not create. Because public policy should be debated on facts, not selective messaging.
Fact: the workers Buckland acknowledged in 2022 as “done over” are the same workers now most at risk of losing access to the scheme entirely.
These clips belong in the public record.
Before the debate. Before the vote.Before anyone says: “We didn’t know.”
What happens next
Full interviews — with timestamps, documents, and source material — will be released in the coming weeks.
But today, the raw footage is enough.
Watch. Share. Remember who said what and who changed once they got the office they wanted.
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