Queensland compensation law, explained in plain English
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Guides to Queensland compensation claims: what to do first, what a claim is worth, and how long you have to bring one.
From injury to claim
Right after an injury
What to do first, and the records that matter later.
Is there a claim?
Who is responsible, and which scheme applies.
How long have I got?
Notice periods and limitation dates, by claim type.
What is it worth?
How damages are made up, and the estimators.
Running the claim
Evidence, reports, offers, costs and settlement.
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- Road & traffic accidentsInterstate-registered vehicles in Queensland crashes: finding the right CTP claim routeSeparate the accident location, vehicle registration, insurer and home address. Understand MAIC's current interstate-insurer route and the questions needing individual advice.
- Aircraft & airline claimsPilots and helicopter crew injured at work: Queensland claims and medical clearanceWork injury eligibility, capacity for duties and aviation medical clearance are different decisions. Understand the scheme, documents and evidence before assuming career loss.
- Work injuries & WorkCoverAsbestos-related disease in Queensland: old exposure, diagnosis and compensationUnderstand how a possible asbestos disease claim brings together the diagnosis, earlier work, insurer or scheme, benefit decisions and separate damages questions.
- Work injuries & WorkCoverQ fever after work in Queensland: exposure, diagnosis and WorkCoverExplain a possible work-related Q-fever claim through actual tasks and animal environments, medical assessment, continuing symptoms and the required employment connection.
- Work injuries & WorkCoverStudent placement injuries in Queensland: work experience, internships and insuranceIdentify the arrangement behind a placement injury, the difference between student insurance and unpaid-intern cover, and the separate safety and negligence questions.
- Work injuries & WorkCoverSkin cancer after outdoor work in Queensland: exposure history and WorkCoverExplain a possible work-related skin-cancer claim through the diagnosed condition, outdoor employment over time, actual sun protection and relevant non-work exposure.
- Work injuries & WorkCoverWork-related asthma in Queensland: diagnosis, exposure history and WorkCoverUnderstand the difference between asthma caused or worsened by work, the history a medical assessment needs, and the separate WorkCover and negligence questions.
- Running your claimMotorcycle accident claim amounts in Queensland: what changes your valuation?Understand what changes a Queensland motorcycle injury valuation, how to review an early estimate, and why the settlement offered can differ from the amount you receive.
- Work injuries & WorkCoverHand-arm vibration injuries in Queensland: WorkCover and the exposure historyUnderstand a possible vibration-related work injury claim, from medical assessment and tool identification to actual use, work history, technical evidence and suitable duties.
- Work injuries & WorkCoverMachinery guarding injuries in Queensland: investigating the work and equipmentExplain the task and machine condition after a machinery injury. Understand guarding, control and isolation distinctions, record timing, training evidence and the separate claim questions.
- Work injuries & WorkCoverWorkplace burns and scalds in Queensland: the task, evidence and claimUnderstand the claim questions after a thermal burn or scald at work: the task and heat source, work controls, medical evidence, reporting and lasting effects.
- Public places & recreationWhen a business closes after your injury: company status, insurance and Queensland claimsDistinguish a business stopping trade from company liquidation or deregistration. Identify the entity at the injury date, preserve claim records and understand the separate questions about liability, insurance…
- Road & traffic accidentsTaxi and rideshare passenger injuries in Queensland: preserving the trip recordConnect the injured passenger with the actual booking, vehicle and incident. Understand how to preserve receipts, app information and footage enquiries without confusing a service complaint with an…
- Work injuries & WorkCoverRepetitive strain and gradual work injuries in Queensland: explaining the claim historyA work injury can develop over time without one identifiable accident. Explain the actual tasks, medical history and changing capacity, and understand why different dates and claim pathways…
- Public places & recreationLift and Escalator Injuries in Queensland: Responsibility, Maintenance and ClaimsUnderstand how the event, equipment history and different business roles affect an injury claim involving a Queensland lift, escalator or moving walk.
- Work injuries & WorkCoverHeat Illness at Work in Queensland: Conditions, WorkCover and ClaimsUnderstand how the work, conditions and medical evidence affect a Queensland heat illness claim, and why a weather reading is only part of the assessment.
- Work injuries & WorkCoverJob Loss During a Queensland Injury Claim: Payments, Rehabilitation and DeadlinesLosing a job and losing a compensation entitlement are different decisions. Understand ongoing payments, rehabilitation and separate dismissal deadlines.
- Evidence & injury responseHead Injuries After a Queensland Accident: Records, Support and ClaimsHow medical records, daily activities and accident circumstances help clarify a head injury claim and the separate support decisions that may follow.
- Work injuries & WorkCoverElectrical Injuries at Work in Queensland: Reporting, Evidence and ClaimsUnderstand the separate safety reports, compensation application and evidence questions after an electrical injury at work in Queensland.
- Work injuries & WorkCoverWorkplace Chemical Exposure in Queensland: Safety Records, Health Monitoring and ClaimsSeparate chemical hazard information, exposure history, medical assessment and compensation after a workplace incident or repeated chemical work.
- Work injuries & WorkCoverUninsured Employers in Queensland: How Injured Workers Can Pursue CompensationFind the claim pathway when an employer's WorkCover policy is missing, expired or uncertain, and separate your entitlements from the employer's insurance problem.
- Work injuries & WorkCoverWorking from Home Injuries in Queensland: Work Tasks, Breaks and Compensation CoverUnderstand when a home-working injury may be covered, how work tasks and breaks differ, and the records that explain the employment connection.
- Evidence & injury responseSocial Media and Surveillance in Queensland Injury Claims: Evidence, Context and DisclosurePreserve online evidence, understand the context of recordings and respond accurately to disclosure requests or apparent inconsistencies in an injury claim.
- Public places & recreationInjured While Volunteering in Queensland: Insurance Cover, Safety Duties and Claim PathwaysIdentify the actual insurance and legal pathway after a volunteer injury, including special WorkCover cover, personal accident policies and negligence claims.
- Work injuries & WorkCoverIndustrial Hearing Loss in Queensland: Work History, Assessments and Compensation DecisionsUnderstand the special rules for industrial deafness, the work and hearing records to gather, impairment assessments and decisions before accepting an offer.
- Road & traffic accidentsWorkCover and CTP After a Queensland Road Accident: Coordinating Claims, Payments and SettlementHow work and road-injury claims fit together: separate applications, treatment approvals, payment records and the recovery accounting before settlement.
- Work injuries & WorkCoverDisputing a Queensland WorkCover Decision: Review Grounds, Evidence and Next StepsIdentify the right review route, respond to an insurer's reasons and organise relevant evidence when a Queensland WorkCover or self-insurer decision is disputed.
- Road & traffic accidentsNIISQ After a Serious Queensland Road Injury: Applying, Support Plans and Lifetime CareUnderstand NIISQ applications, interim and lifetime participation, support plans and service approvals after a serious Queensland motor accident injury.
- Running your claimTreatment Funding During a Queensland CTP Claim: Approval, Accounts and DisputesUnderstand how to request treatment funding during a CTP claim, read the limits of an approval and respond when funding is delayed, reduced or stopped.
- How compensation is calculatedPartly at Fault for an Injury in Queensland: Understanding Contributory NegligenceUnderstand what an insurer's shared-fault allegation means, connect the alleged conduct to the harm and check how a proposed reduction affects a settlement assessment.
- Evidence & injury responsePre-Existing Conditions and Queensland Injury Claims: What Changed After the Accident?Separate an earlier diagnosis from additional harm, compare function before and after an incident, and understand the different aggravation questions in negligence and WorkCover claims.
- How compensation is calculatedLost Income After an Injury in Queensland: Wages, Business Earnings and Future CapacityExplain the financial effect of an injury using a reliable earnings baseline, work restrictions and business records, while separating past loss from future earning capacity.
- Work injuries & WorkCoverFIFO Workers’ Compensation in Queensland: Are You Covered at Camp, in Transit and Off Shift?When WorkCover covers a FIFO or DIDO worker who is hurt on the way to site, on a charter flight, at camp or between shifts, and when you…
- Work injuries & WorkCoverInjured Working at Woolworths, Coles or Another Self-Insured Employer in QueenslandHow workers’ compensation works when your employer is self-insured, how to lodge a claim, how to challenge a decision, and when you can sue.
- Work injuries & WorkCoverLabour Hire Workers’ Compensation in Queensland: Casuals, ABN Workers and Suing the HostHow WorkCover works for labour hire, casual and ABN workers, when you can sue the host business as well as the agency, and how weekly payments are worked…
- Work injuries & WorkCoverForklift Accident Compensation and Warehouse Injury Claims in QueenslandWhat you can claim after a forklift accident or warehouse injury, what your employer had to do to keep you safe, and whether you can be sacked for…
- Work injuries & WorkCoverInjured Working in Hospitality or Retail in Queensland: Your WorkCover RightsWhat casual, part-time and junior hospitality and retail workers can claim after a burn, cut, fall, lifting injury or customer assault, and what happens if your employer has…
- Work injuries & WorkCoverMining Injury Compensation in Queensland: Claims, Lump Sums and Suing the Mine OperatorWhat WorkCover pays after a mine, quarry or gas field injury, when you can sue your employer or the mine operator, and how mine dust lung disease claims…
- Psychological & mental health claimsPTSD Workers’ Compensation in Queensland: First Responders, Nurses and Emergency WorkersHow the Queensland PTSD presumption works for police, paramedics, firefighters, nurses and other emergency workers, what WorkCover pays, and when you can also sue.
- Work injuries & WorkCoverConstruction Site Injury Claims in Queensland: WorkCover, Subcontractors and Suing the BuilderWhat WorkCover pays after a building site injury, whether a subcontractor with an ABN is covered, when you can sue the builder or another trade, and the rules…
- Work injuries & WorkCoverEye Injury at Work Compensation in QueenslandWhat WorkCover pays after an eye injury at work, how loss of vision is rated, when you can sue, and what happens if you were not wearing safety…
- Work injuries & WorkCoverCompensation for Losing a Finger at Work in Queensland: Amputations and Crush InjuriesWhat WorkCover pays after a finger amputation or crush injury, how the lump sum is worked out, when you can also sue, and what decides how much a…
- Work injuries & WorkCoverSilicosis Compensation in Queensland: Can You Sue, and What Is It Worth?The WorkCover benefits and common law damages open to Queensland workers with silicosis, what decides the amount, and why there is no time limit to sue but good…
- At the workplaceFarm & Agricultural Worker Injury ClaimsHow injury claims work on Queensland farms — WorkCover, contractors and family workers, machinery, and the deadlines that apply to each.
- At the workplaceWorkCover Claims in Queensland: A Step-by-Step Guide for Injured WorkersWhat to do after a workplace injury — in the order it has to happen, with the dates that decide whether your claim survives.
- Bars, pubs, clubs & venuesLady Gaga’s The MAYHEM Ball Brisbane 2025: Public Liability & Safety Guide for AttendeesWho was answerable for safety at the Suncorp Stadium show, what a ticket condition can and cannot exclude, and the two deadlines that decide a claim.
- Psychological & mental health claimsWorkplace Bullying Made Me Sick: How to Claim for Psychological InjuryWhen bullying at work becomes a compensable psychological injury, what has to be proved, and the management-action defence that often decides it.
- Gig economy & contractorsGig Economy Injuries: Are Uber Drivers and Delivery Workers Covered?Where rideshare and delivery workers stand when they are hurt on a job — employee, contractor, CTP or nothing — and what to claim first.
- Time limits & deadlinesTime Limits for Workers’ Compensation Claims in QueenslandThe six months for a statutory claim, the three years for common law damages, and the steps that have to be finished in between.
- At the workplaceAustralia’s most common work injuryThe injury that puts more Australians off work than any other, the industries where it clusters, and what a claim for it involves.
- At the workplaceWorkplace injuries – which profession are you most likely to get hurt in?The Queensland occupations with the highest injury rates, the injuries each one produces, and what claiming looks like in those industries.
- At the workplaceWhat to do when you’ve been injured at work?The first steps after a workplace injury in Queensland, and the deadlines that start running from the day it happened.
Guides by situation
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Three guides to begin with for each situation. Every other guide in that situation is one click away.
Road & traffic accidents
CTP claims, cyclists and pedestrians, passengers, and accidents where no one was insured.
All road accident guidesOn the road8 things you must do after a car accident in QueenslandThe eight steps that protect both your safety and your claim, in the order they have to happen at the roadside.6 min readRoad & traffic accidentsHit by a Drunk, Drug-Affected or Uninsured Driver in Queensland: Your Compensation RightsWho pays when the driver who hurt you was drunk, drug-affected, uninsured or never found, what happens if you were their passenger, and the deadlines that decide the claim.8 min readOn the roadNo-Fault vs. Fault Claims in Queensland: What’s Covered?The difference between a scheme that pays regardless of blame and one that does not — and which one your injury falls under.8 min read
Work injuries & WorkCover
Statutory claims, common law damages, and the industries where injuries cluster.
All work injury guidesAt the workplaceI’m Hurt at Work, Now What? Your First 72 Hours ExplainedWhat to do in the three days after a workplace injury — reporting, treatment, and the paperwork a WorkCover claim later stands on.8 min readWork injuries & WorkCoverFIFO Workers’ Compensation in Queensland: Are You Covered at Camp, in Transit and Off Shift?When WorkCover covers a FIFO or DIDO worker who is hurt on the way to site, on a charter flight, at camp or between shifts, and when you can also…10 min readTime limits & deadlinesTime Limits for Workers’ Compensation Claims in QueenslandThe six months for a statutory claim, the three years for common law damages, and the steps that have to be finished in between.8 min read
Medical mistakes
Negligent treatment, missed and delayed diagnosis, imaging errors and consent.
All medical mistake guidesMedical negligenceMedical Negligence: Misdiagnosis – A Comprehensive Guide for Understanding and CompensationWhen a wrong or missed diagnosis is negligence rather than misfortune, and how the deadlines apply when a diagnosis was missed or delayed.12 min readMedical negligenceBirth Injuries & Medical Negligence: Understanding Your Legal RightsWhen a birth injury is negligence rather than misadventure, who the claim is against, and how a child’s time limit is counted.10 min readTime limits & deadlinesTime Limits for Medical Negligence Claims in QueenslandThe three years you have, the date it runs from, and the narrow circumstances in which a Queensland court will extend it.6 min read
Travel & holiday injuries
Injuries abroad, where insurance stops and a claim starts, and who is actually liable.
All travel injury guidesHotels & resorts overseasInjured in a Hotel or Resort Overseas? Your Compensation Rights as an AustralianWhat an Australian can claim after being hurt in a hotel abroad — who is liable, where the claim is run, and which country’s law applies.12 min readAircraft & airline claimsTurbulence Injuries: Can You Claim Compensation from an Airline?When an airline must pay for a turbulence injury, how little it can do to avoid that, and the two-year deadline that ends the claim outright.12 min readCruise shipsCruise Ship Injuries: Jurisdiction Challenges for Queensland ResidentsWhy the ticket you never read decides where you sue after a cruise injury — and what Australian law still gives you regardless.8 min read
Public places & recreation
Slips, venue incidents, school and sporting injuries, and occupier duties.
All public place guidesPublic places & recreationCan You Sue the Council for Tripping on a Footpath or Pothole in Queensland?When a Queensland council is liable for a trip on a broken footpath or a pothole, the special rules that protect councils, and how to claim for an injury or…9 min readSchools & universitiesWhat Happens When Your Child Is Injured at School? A Parent’s Guide to Liability in QLDWhat a Queensland school owes your child, when an injury becomes the school’s legal responsibility, and how a child’s time limit works.8 min readIntroductionAdventure Tourism Risks: Liability for Injuries in QueenslandWho carries the risk when an adventure activity goes wrong — and what a signed waiver can and cannot take away from you.8 min read
Running your claim
The process itself — evidence, medico-legal reports, offers, costs and settlement.
All guides on running a claimEvidence & injury responseDash Cam Evidence in QLD Car Accident Claims: Legal ValidityWhen dash cam footage is admissible in a Queensland claim, what it can prove, and how quickly it is overwritten if you do nothing.10 min readPsychological & mental health claimsPTSD Workers’ Compensation in Queensland: First Responders, Nurses and Emergency WorkersHow the Queensland PTSD presumption works for police, paramedics, firefighters, nurses and other emergency workers, what WorkCover pays, and when you can also sue.10 min readHow compensation is calculatedAverage Medical Negligence Payouts in Queensland: What to ExpectWhat medical negligence claims in Queensland actually settle for, what moves the figure up or down, and why an average tells you so little.8 min read
Just published
New and updated guides
- Travel & holiday injuriesAircraft boarding and disembarking injuries in Queensland: steps, access and passenger claims
- Road & traffic accidentsVehicles turning across a motorcycle’s path in Queensland: intersections, visibility and claims
- Road & traffic accidentsRear-end highway crashes in Queensland: following distance, sudden braking and trucks
- Road & traffic accidentsInterstate-registered vehicles in Queensland crashes: finding the right CTP claim route
- Road & traffic accidentsMotorcycle door-opening collisions in Queensland: passengers, parked vehicles and injury claims
- Road & traffic accidentsTruck mechanical failures in Queensland crashes: defects, maintenance and injury claims
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