Psychiatrists and the NSW Govt meet in court — can this finally end their battle?

The Industrial Relations Commission of NSW is likely to take at least a fortnight to make a decision.
Ian Lisser.

Doctors and the NSW Government will stand before the state’s Industrial Relations Commission this week in an attempt to solve their drawn-out dispute over public psychiatrists’ conditions and pay.

Two hundred psychiatrists filed resignations in January after the government rejected their request for a 25% pay rise, forcing wards and outpatient clinics to close.