Workers' compensation across Australia
WorkCover Queensland is independent of any other workers' compensation authority. Together with other workers' compensation authorities, WorkCover strives to make workers' compensation easier for employers who operate in multiple states.
Links to other workers' compensation authorities in Australia:
- New South Wales
- Northern Territory
- South Australia
- Tasmania
- Victoria
- Western Australia
- Comcare (federal)
- Seacare (federal seafarers)
- Heads of Worker's Compensation Authorities.
The following workers' compensation claim forms can be used in Queensland as well as other states.
Safe Work Australia is a federal government advisory body on workers' compensation in Australia. They coordinate work on national workers' compensation harmonisation initiatives as well as producing national workers' compensation information including:
- Comparison of Workers' Compensation Arrangements in Australia and New Zealand.
- Comparative Performance Monitoring Reports - provides trend analysis on the work health and safety and workers' compensation schemes operating in Australia and New Zealand.
- National Return to Work Strategy 2020-2030.
- Last updated
- 28 October 2019
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