Record statutory death benefits for a deceased worker's dependants
Key facts
- Human involvement
- YellowClose supervision
- How AI is used
- From the family relationships and the date of death, using a firm-controlled tool, table the statutory dependant benefits the opened pages state, and mark every amount the pages do not state. Do not calculate a figure the page does not give.
- What the lawyer must review
- Decide who can claim, and which opened amount applies on the date of death.
- Do not take a dollar figure from the 2023 comparison table. Its New South Wales figure is already out of date.
- Treat this as the statutory scheme benefit, not a common-law dependency comparison.
- Health and wage records stay in a firm-controlled tool. Apply ASCR r 9, APP 11, and the notifiable-breach test.
Open a jurisdiction version of this task to see which instruments apply: NSWVICQLD
Who does what
| Role | What they do |
|---|---|
| Assistance | From the family relationships and the date of death, using a firm-controlled tool, table the statutory dependant benefits the opened pages state, and mark every amount the pages do not state. Do not calculate a figure the page does not give. |
| Lawyer | Set the scope, supervise the work closely, verify every part relied on, resolve omissions and exceptions, and approve the exact output. |
Checklist
- List each claimant against the relationship the opened page uses. Do not add a class the page does not state.
- In New South Wales, pick Table 24 or Table 25 only by the dust-disease distinction the guide states, and use the row for the date of death.
- Do not print a Victorian or Queensland dollar amount. The 2026 pages do not state one, and the 2023 table is not the current figure.
- Keep a common-law dependency claim, a superannuation death benefit, and a Centrelink payment out of this table.
Sources
- WorkSafe Victoria: before making a work-related death claim · 2026-10-23
- WorkSafe Queensland: claiming when someone dies at work · 2026-10-23
- SIRA: workers compensation benefits guide · 2026-10-23
- SIRA: paid first responders · 2026-10-23
- Safe Work Australia 29th edition, table 5.4, death benefits · 2026-10-23
The Victorian page says some entitlements are decided by a Magistrate Court. It uses that spelling. Anything filed there is a different, lawyer-written task.
Queensland section 27 was linked and not opened. New South Wales who-is-a-dependant text was not in the death section that was read.
If health or wage records leave the firm-controlled tool, decide whether a Privacy Act 1988 (Cth) breach is notifiable.