COMPARISON OF WORKERS' COMPENSATION ARRANGEMENTS

COVERAGE

COVERAGE

COMMONWEALTH*

VICTORIA

NEW SOUTH

SOUTH 

WALES

AUSTRALIA

  Stress specific

Included

Included

Included

Included

exclusion factors

Seacare: Included

  Industrial deafness

5%

10%

6% binaural loss

5%

threshold

Amendments to the

SRC Act mean that for

claims after the date of

effect for the

amendments, the

threshold will be 5%

binaural loss

Seacare: 10%

* Unless otherwise stated,

information provided applies

to both Comcare and

Seacare

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