Test a Queensland disease against section 32
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Key facts
- Human involvement
- YellowClose supervision
- How AI is used
- From the diagnosis and the work, using a firm-controlled tool, table section 32(3) and the aggravation limit in section 32(4). Do not decide the claim.
- What the lawyer must review
- Decide whether section 32(3) is met. Section 32(4) limits an aggravation to the effects of the aggravation.
- Employment must be a significant contributing factor to the disease or to the aggravation.
- Do not decide a firefighter cancer presumption here.
- Health and wage records stay in a firm-controlled tool. Apply ASCR r 9, APP 11, and the notifiable-breach test.
Rules that apply
The document starts from the task name. Change it if this piece of work is different.
The work product
Forum. Queensland, section 32(3) and section 32(4), AustLII text to be confirmed
Produce. A disease note limited to the effects of any aggravation.
Have ready. Diagnosis; Work said to have caused or aggravated it; Other medical causes.
Example of the limit. Illustrative example: A worker with a long-standing joint disease says two years of heavy lifting made it worse. The note separates the underlying disease from the worsening and records that only the effects of the aggravation can be the injury. The lawyer decides the significant-contributing-factor question.
Stop and hand it back when
- The condition is industrial deafness. That has its own task.
- The claim is only a firefighter cancer presumption.
Sources for this task were checked on 2026-10-23.
Who does what
| Role | What they do |
|---|---|
| Assistance | From the diagnosis and the work, using a firm-controlled tool, table section 32(3) and the aggravation limit in section 32(4). Do not decide the claim. |
| Lawyer | Set the scope, supervise the work closely, verify every part relied on, resolve omissions and exceptions, and approve the exact output. |
Checklist
- Separate the underlying disease from the effects of any aggravation.
- List employment causes and other causes before the significant-contributing-factor question.
- Do not open sections 34 and 35. They were not read.
- If the disease is a listed firefighter cancer, use the presumption task first.
Sources
- AustLII: Workers' Compensation and Rehabilitation Act 2003, section 32 · 2026-10-23
- Queensland Fire Department: presumptive cancer legislation for firefighters · 2026-10-23
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.
The section was read on an AustLII consolidation. Confirm the in-force wording on the official legislation site before reliance.
If health or wage records leave the firm-controlled tool, decide whether a Privacy Act 1988 (Cth) breach is notifiable.