Record New South Wales death benefits from the current benefits guide
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Key facts
- Human involvement
- YellowClose supervision
- How AI is used
- From the date of death, whether the death is a dust disease, and the dependent children, using a firm-controlled tool, table the guide's current amounts and mark who-is-a-dependant as not stated in the section read. Do not pick the dust table unless the guide's distinction applies.
- What the lawyer must review
- Decide which table applies, using the dust-disease distinction.
- Use the amount for the date of death, not a later indexation row.
- Do not describe the funeral figure as a weekly payment.
- Health and wage records stay in a firm-controlled tool. Apply ASCR r 9, APP 11, and the notifiable-breach test.
Rules that apply
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The work product
Forum. New South Wales, SIRA workers compensation benefits guide, death benefits
Produce. A dated benefits table, with the dust-disease choice shown.
Have ready. Date of death; Whether the death is claimed under the Dust Diseases Act; Number of dependent children; Whether a child's share is managed by the NSW Trustee.
Example of the limit. Illustrative example: A worker dies on 2 May 2026 from a workplace injury that is not a dust disease, leaving two dependent children. The table uses Table 24 at $990,350, Table 26 at $177.30 a week for each child, and funeral expenses of $15,000. It does not say who is a dependant. The lawyer decides that, and any apportionment.
Stop and hand it back when
- The date of death is outside 1 April 2026 to 31 March 2027 and a different row has not been read for the advice.
- The draft uses Table 25 for a death that is not a dust disease.
Sources for this task were checked on 2026-10-23.
Who does what
| Role | What they do |
|---|---|
| Assistance | From the date of death, whether the death is a dust disease, and the dependent children, using a firm-controlled tool, table the guide's current amounts and mark who-is-a-dependant as not stated in the section read. Do not pick the dust table unless the guide's distinction applies. |
| Lawyer | Set the scope, supervise the work closely, verify every part relied on, resolve omissions and exceptions, and approve the exact output. |
Checklist
- Choose Table 24 or Table 25 only by the dust-disease note.
- Count dependent children for Table 26. Do not use the dust-disease child figure of Table 32 unless that Act applies.
- State funeral expenses as $15,000, not as a weekly amount.
- Leave apportionment and the meaning of dependant open. They were not in the section read.
Sources
- SIRA: workers compensation benefits guide · 2026-10-23
- SIRA: paid first responders · 2026-10-23
If this is lodged with the Personal Injury Commission, Procedural Direction PIC13 paragraph 12 forbids a generative tool from writing the content of a person's evidence. Paragraph 10 covers compelled and publication-restricted material. It is not a general health-record rule.
The paid-first-responders page says an exempt worker's death may attract funeral expenses, other support and a lump sum. It states no different figures. The 2023 comparison table's $901,600 lump sum is an older row and was not used.
If health or wage records leave the firm-controlled tool, decide whether a Privacy Act 1988 (Cth) breach is notifiable.