---
title: "Test a Queensland disease against section 32"
url: "https://ailawframework.com/practice/personal-injury-and-compensation/test-a-gradual-onset-disease-claim-against-the-employment-contribution-t/queensland"
type: "task_jurisdiction_version"
site: "AI Law Framework"
id: "A21-WC20261023-18-QLD"
practice_area: "Personal Injury & Compensation (workers compensation, CTP/TAC, medical negligence)"
tier: "yellow"
lawyer_review: "required"
jurisdictions: ["QLD"]
last_reviewed: "2026-10-25"
---

# Test a Queensland disease against section 32

> 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.

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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 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. |
| Written for | Queensland |
| Applies to | [Test a gradual-onset disease claim against the employment-contribution test](https://ailawframework.com/practice/personal-injury-and-compensation/test-a-gradual-onset-disease-claim-against-the-employment-contribution-t.md) |

## Checking plan

**Verify against sources**

A disease contracted in the course of employment is an injury if employment is a significant contributing factor, whether at or away from the workplace. An aggravation must itself arise out of or in the course of employment, and employment must be a significant contributing factor to the aggravation. The injury is only the effects of the aggravation. Death from such a disease is included if that same factor is met.

- What the AI does: 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 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. Separate the underlying disease from the effects of any aggravation.
2. List employment causes and other causes before the significant-contributing-factor question.
3. Do not open sections 34 and 35. They were not read.
4. If the disease is a listed firefighter cancer, use the presumption task first.

## 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.
- 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.

## Practical guide

Jurisdiction: Queensland, section 32(3) and section 32(4), AustLII text to be confirmed

**Deliverable**: A disease note limited to the effects of any aggravation.

**Inputs**

- Diagnosis
- Work said to have caused or aggravated it
- Other medical causes

**Example**: 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 escalate when**

- The condition is industrial deafness. That has its own task.
- The claim is only a firefighter cancer presumption.

Checked 2026-10-23.

## Sources

- [AustLII: Workers' Compensation and Rehabilitation Act 2003, section 32](https://www5.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/qld/consol_act/wcara2003400/s32.html) (checked 2026-10-23)
- [Queensland Fire Department: presumptive cancer legislation for firefighters](https://www.fire.qld.gov.au/about-us/supporting-our-people/presumptive-legislation) (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.*