---
title: "Check a New South Wales first-responder claim where no PTSD presumption was stated"
url: "https://ailawframework.com/practice/personal-injury-and-compensation/test-a-first-responder-post-traumatic-stress-claim-against-any-presumpti/new-south-wales"
type: "task_jurisdiction_version"
site: "AI Law Framework"
id: "A21-WC20261023-14-NSW"
practice_area: "Personal Injury & Compensation (workers compensation, CTP/TAC, medical negligence)"
tier: "yellow"
lawyer_review: "required"
jurisdictions: ["NSW"]
last_reviewed: "2026-10-25"
---

# Check a New South Wales first-responder claim where no PTSD presumption was stated

> From the role and the injury, using a firm-controlled tool, record that the opened SIRA page states no post-traumatic stress presumption, and table the ordinary primary-psychological test. Do not decide the claim.

Canonical page: https://ailawframework.com/practice/personal-injury-and-compensation/test-a-first-responder-post-traumatic-stress-claim-against-any-presumpti/new-south-wales  
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 role and the injury, using a firm-controlled tool, record that the opened SIRA page states no post-traumatic stress presumption, and table the ordinary primary-psychological test. Do not decide the claim. |
| What the lawyer must review | Do not advise that New South Wales presumes the injury is work-related. Do not treat an exemption from later amendments as that presumption. Decide the ordinary primary-psychological test for this worker. Health and wage records stay in a firm-controlled tool. Apply ASCR r 9, APP 11, and the notifiable-breach test. |
| Written for | New South Wales |
| Applies to | [Test a first-responder post-traumatic stress claim against any presumption](https://ailawframework.com/practice/personal-injury-and-compensation/test-a-first-responder-post-traumatic-stress-claim-against-any-presumpti.md) |

## Checking plan

**Verify against sources**

The paid-first-responders page updated 1 October 2026 says police officers, paramedics and firefighters are exempt from some 2012, 2015 and 2025 amendments. It does not say post-traumatic stress is presumed work-related. The insurer guidance remains the opened statement of the primary-psychological test. A search for an official presumption page did not produce one that was opened.

- What the AI does: From the role and the injury, using a firm-controlled tool, record that the opened SIRA page states no post-traumatic stress presumption, and table the ordinary primary-psychological test. Do not decide the claim.
- 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. Write that no presumption was found on the page opened.
2. Do not describe the exempt-worker weekly, medical or impairment rules. They belong to other tasks.
3. Send the contribution test back to the primary-psychological task.
4. Confirm the current Act before saying there is no presumption anywhere.

## Notes

- If this is lodged with the Personal Injury Commission, Procedural Direction PIC13 keeps health records in a controlled environment and forbids a generative tool from writing a person's evidence.
- The page says its content may change as reforms are implemented.
- If health or wage records leave the firm-controlled tool, decide whether a Privacy Act 1988 (Cth) breach is notifiable.

## Practical guide

Jurisdiction: New South Wales, paid first responders, primary psychological injury

**Deliverable**: A note that no presumption was found, and a pointer to the ordinary test.

**Inputs**

- Role
- Diagnosis
- Whether the worker is described as exempt

**Example**: Illustrative example: A paramedic has a post-traumatic stress diagnosis. The note says the opened page does not presume the diagnosis is work-related. It records the exempt-worker description and stops. The lawyer applies the ordinary test.

**Stop and escalate when**

- The draft says a New South Wales presumption applies.
- The task has turned into a weekly-payment calculation.

Checked 2026-10-23.

## Sources

- [SIRA: paid first responders](https://www.sira.nsw.gov.au/workers-compensation/what-you-can-claim/paid-first-responders) (checked 2026-10-23)
- [SIRA: psychological injuries, guidance for insurers](https://www.sira.nsw.gov.au/workers-compensation/psychological-injuries-guidance-for-insurers) (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.*