Scott Simpson: ACC Minister on the insurer's growing deficit

Early Edition with Ryan Bridge · Oct 9, 2025 · 4m · transcript

The ACC Minister's confident the insurer's growing deficit is on track to be brought under control.

The scheme's recorded a net deficit of $1.5 billion, blowing the total out to $13.8 billion.

Minister Scott Simpson told Ryan Bridge the net deficit is still a lot better than last year's $7.2 billion shortfall.

He says good work has already started, but there's still a lot to do.

Simpson says this involves doing the basic stuff consistently well.

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