---
title: "Record Queensland statutory death benefits the official page states"
url: "https://ailawframework.com/practice/personal-injury-and-compensation/record-statutory-death-benefits-for-a-deceased-worker-s-dependants/queensland"
type: "task_jurisdiction_version"
site: "AI Law Framework"
id: "A21-WC20261023-20-QLD"
practice_area: "Personal Injury & Compensation (workers compensation, CTP/TAC, medical negligence)"
tier: "yellow"
lawyer_review: "required"
jurisdictions: ["QLD"]
last_reviewed: "2026-10-25"
---

# Record Queensland statutory death benefits the official page states

> From the relationships and, for a latent disease, the exposure history, using a firm-controlled tool, table a lump sum, quarterly payments and funeral help, and mark that the page states no amounts.…

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Last reviewed: 2026-10-25

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## Key facts

| Fact | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Practice area | [Personal Injury & Compensation (workers compensation, CTP/TAC, medical negligence)](https://ailawframework.com/practice/personal-injury-and-compensation.md) |
| Human involvement | Yellow: Lawyer and AI draft together |
| How AI is used | From the relationships and, for a latent disease, the exposure history, using a firm-controlled tool, table a lump sum, quarterly payments and funeral help, and mark that the page states no amounts. Do not open section 27. |
| What the lawyer must review | Decide who may claim on the page's words, then confirm section 27. Do not state a dollar figure. Do not copy the 2023 table's QOTE multiples. For a latent disease, the question is whether the person was a worker when exposed. Health and wage records stay in a firm-controlled tool. Apply ASCR r 9, APP 11, and the notifiable-breach test. |
| Written for | Queensland |
| Applies to | [Record statutory death benefits for a deceased worker's dependants](https://ailawframework.com/practice/personal-injury-and-compensation/record-statutory-death-benefits-for-a-deceased-worker-s-dependants.md) |

## Checking plan

**Verify against sources**

A husband, wife, de facto spouse or child may claim, and so may a person who is not related but was dependent. The page defines a dependant by linking section 27, which was not opened. Compensation may be a lump sum, quarterly payments, or funeral costs. No amount and no time limit appear. From 10 August 2026 the insurer is on its own site. A latent onset injury requires the insurer to decide whether the person was a worker at the exposure. The page's examples are skin cancer and mesothelioma.

- What the AI does: From the relationships and, for a latent disease, the exposure history, using a firm-controlled tool, table a lump sum, quarterly payments and funeral help, and mark that the page states no amounts. Do not open section 27.
- What the lawyer does: The lawyer decides the legal question, checks the sources, and authorises anything the family or the insurer will receive.
- Who reviews: Lawyer competent in statutory workers compensation
- Basis: Checked against the linked sources on 23 October 2026. Confirm the current instrument before reliance.

## Checks the lawyer makes

1. List family and non-family dependants separately.
2. Leave section 27 undescribed.
3. For a long-latency death, collect the work history, tax records, payslips and, if those are missing, co-worker accounts.
4. Do not use the 2023 table's QOTE formula.

## Notes

- No generative-AI practice note of the Queensland Industrial Relations Commission or the Industrial Court was opened. Apply the forum's current direction before a document is lodged.
- Section 27 and the payment sections were not opened.
- If health or wage records leave the firm-controlled tool, decide whether a Privacy Act 1988 (Cth) breach is notifiable.

## Practical guide

Jurisdiction: Queensland, WorkSafe page on a death at work

**Deliverable**: A claimant note with the benefit types and no figures.

**Inputs**

- Relationship or dependency of each person
- Insurer: WorkCover Queensland or a self-insurer
- For a latent disease, exposure dates and work records

**Example**: Illustrative example: A de facto partner claims after a death from mesothelioma. The note records the partner as a person the page allows to claim, lists the exposure years, and says the page offers a lump sum, quarterly payments or funeral help without stating the figures. The lawyer confirms section 27 and the current amounts.

**Stop and escalate when**

- A figure or a QOTE multiple would be copied from the 2023 table.
- Section 27 would be paraphrased without being opened.

Checked 2026-10-23.

## Sources

- [WorkSafe Queensland: claiming when someone dies at work](https://www.worksafe.qld.gov.au/workers-compensation/work-related-injuries/claiming-when-someone-dies-at-work) (checked 2026-10-23)
- [Safe Work Australia 29th edition, table 5.4, death benefits](https://www.safeworkaustralia.gov.au/book/comparison-wc-arrangements-29ed/chapter-5/table-5_4) (checked 2026-10-23)

*Practice guidance for planning and review. Confirm current primary sources and the requirements of the actual matter. This is general information, not legal advice.*