A counselling action can be seen as reasonable administrative action, even if it is undertaken on an informal basis. .

Compensation was paid for 33 years, so Comcare had to prove that the symptoms were no longer related to that incident.

Employee sues - did the injury occur during a shift of work or during an interval between 2 detached shifts of work? .

This interpretation of Martin v Comcare by the Tribunal goes further than terms that were expressed in the High Court.

Tribunal was asked to decided whether injury was as a result of his employment.

The Tribunal considered whether an executive was entitled to further compensation in relation to a shoulder injury.

The Tribunal found that the weight of the expert evidence did not support the worker's claimed mechanism of injury.

The Tribunal needed to decide which claims were permanent impairments under the SRC Act, having regard to the evidence.

Agencies and businesses governed by the Privacy Act will be required to notify individuals of any serious data breach.

An employer's duty is very high and can include engaging experts to inspect things such as stairways for latent defects.

Psychologists obligations to comply with summons for medical records trumps any privacy & duty of care obligations to patients.

2 lessons - Court holds a broad discretion as to costs & Walk Away offers are capable of engaging the Calderbank principles.

The latest movements restriction order directs that you must not, without reasonable excuse, leave your place of residence.

Whether an area of the premises is considered a "place of employment" depends on the worker's duties at that time.

A transporter van for a wheelchair qualified as an 'aid or appliance', as prescribed by section 39(1)(e) of the SRC Act.

The Tribunal found that non-work stressors were primary causes of the onset or aggravation of his depressive disorder.

We discuss Polichronis v Teys Australia Food Solutions Pty Ltd [2016] QDC 225.

The scope is not to ensure safety at work in all cases, but to take reasonable care to avoid unnecessary risks of injury.

In the absence of any physiological change, her chronic daily headache was not an injury for the purposes of the SRC Act.

Third party claimants may join insurers to proceedings against an insolvent company when indemnity has been declined.