| NSW | Vic | WA | SA | Tas | NT | ACT | C’wealth1 | New Zealand | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Asbestos | Asbestos induced carcinoma2 Asbestosis2 Asbestos related pleural diseases2 Mesothelioma2 ( Schedule 1 of the Workers’ Compensation (Dust Diseases) Act 1942) | Asbestosis, with or without mesothelioma | Mesothelioma Lung cancer Diffuse pleural fibrosis | Asbestosis (any work involving exposure to inhalation of asbestos fibres) | Primary malignant neoplasm of the mesothelium (diffuse mesothelioma) of the pleura or of the peritoneum NB: from 31 Oct 2011, diseases caused by occupational exposure to asbestos are covered by the Asbestos-Related Diseases (Occupational Exposure) Compensation Act 2011 | Malignancy: Larynx Lung Mesothelioma Ovary | Asbestosis Mesothelioma Lung Ovary Larynx | Employment for at least 5 years (whether consecutive or not) involving work with: a) asbestos; or b) asbestos-containing material. | Lung cancer or mesothelioma diagnosed as caused by asbestos |
| Beta-naphthylamine | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | Bladder cancer (2-naphthylamine) | Malignancy – Bladder - all work involving 2-naphthylamine | Bladder employment involving exposure to 2-naphthylamine, benzidine, cyclophosphamide, ionizing radiation, ortho-toluidine, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons associated with aluminium production | N/A | Bladder cancer diagnosed as caused by 2-naphthylamine, benzidine, 4-aminobiphenyl, N,N-Bis (2-chloroethyl)-2-naphthylamine, other aromatic amines, or poly-cyclic aromatic hydrocarbons |
| Bis chloromethyl ether (BCME) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | Lung cancer | Malignancy - Lung (bis chloromethyl) | Malignancy -Lung | N/A | Lung cancer diagnosed as caused by bis (chloromethyl) ether (and chloromethyl methyl ether), cadmium, coke oven emissions, nickel, radon, silica or soot |
| Coal tars, coal tar pitches or soots | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | Lung cancer and skin cancer (non-melanoma) | Malignancy - Lung – all work involving soot (chimney sweeping) | Coal workers’ pneumoconiosis Lung Cancer | May include coal workers’ pneumoconiosis. Employment for at least 5 years (whether consecutive or not) involving work with coal. | Lung cancer diagnosed as caused by bis (chloromethyl) ether (and chloromethyl methyl ether), cadmium, coke oven emissions, nickel, radon, silica or soot |
| Coke oven emissions | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | Lung cancer | Malignancy: Lung – all work involving polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons Skin (non-melanoma) – all work involving polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons Bladder – all work involving polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons | N/A | N/A | Lung cancer diagnosed as caused by bis (chloromethyl) ether (and chloromethyl methyl ether), cadmium, coke oven emissions, nickel, radon, silica or soot |
| Nickel compounds | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | Lung cancer | Malignancy: Nasal cavity and para-nasal sinuses – all work involving nickel Lung – all work involving nickel | Nasal cavity and para-nasal sinuses Lung | May include primary malignant disease of the nasal cavity or para-nasal sinuses. Employment for at least 5 years (whether consecutive or not) involving work with:
| Lung cancer diagnosed as caused by bis (chloromethyl) ether (and chloromethyl methyl ether), cadmium, coke oven emissions, nickel, radon, silica or soot |
| Tar, pitch, bitumen, mineral oil, anthracene, or the compounds, products or residues of these substances | Primary epitheliomatous cancer of the skin (Any process involving the handling or use of tar, pitch, bitumen, mineral oil, paraffin, or the compounds, products or residues of these substances) ( Schedule 1 of the Workers’ Compensation Regulation 2016) | Primary epitheliomatous cancer of the skin (exposure to tar, pitch, bitumen, mineral oil, paraffin or compounds, products, or residues of these substances) | Epitheliomatous cancer or ulceration of skin or the corneal surface of the eye due to tar, pitch, bitumen, mineral oil, paraffin or compounds, products, or residues of those substances | Primary epitheliomatous cancer of the skin due to handling or use of tar, pitch, bitumen, mineral oil, paraffin or compounds, products, or residues of those substances | Lung cancer and skin cancer (non-melanoma) | Malignancy: Lung – all work involving polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons Skin (non-melanoma) – all work involving polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons Bladder – all work involving polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons | N/A | N/A | Primary epitheliomatous cancer of the skin diagnosed as caused by tar, pitch, bitumen, mineral oil, anthracene or the compounds, products, or residues of these substances Primary epitheliomatous cancer of the skin diagnosed as caused by shale oil |
| Vinyl chloride | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | Liver cancer | Malignancy - Liver | Liver | May include primary malignant disease of the liver. Employment for at least 5 years (whether consecutive or not) involving work with vinyl chloride monomer. | Angiosarcoma of the liver diagnosed as caused by vinyl chloride monomer. |
| Wood dust | N/A | N/A | N/A | Asthma or asthmatic attacks (dust of red pine, western red cedar, blackwood, flour, flour dust) | Nasopharynx cancer and nasal cavity, or paranasal sinuses, cancer, | Malignancy: Nasal cavity and para-nasal sinuses – all work involving wood dust Nasopharynx – all work involving wood dust | Nasal cavity and para-nasal sinuses Nasopharynx | May include primary malignant disease of the nasopharynx, nasal cavity, or para-nasal sinuses. Employment for at least 5 years (whether consecutive or not) involving work with formaldehyde or wood. Employment for at least 5 years (whether consecutive or not) involving work with:
| Sino-nasal carcinoma diagnosed as caused by working with wood dust Hodgkin’s lymphoma diagnosed as caused by wood dust |
| Cancer caused by other agents at work not mentioned in the preceding items | Eligible firefighters diagnosed with 12 specific cancers outlined in Schedule 4 to the 1987 Act, who meet the corresponding minimum qualifying periods of service, are considered to have contracted the cancer in the course of their employment or volunteer service as a firefighter if acquired on or after 27 September 2018. | N/A | N/A | Schedule 9 amendment 23 of the Return to Work Act 2014 amended s 31 of the Workers Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 1986 to remove the qualifying periods applicable to volunteer firefighters with prescribed cancers (Schedule 2A). This amendment applies retrospectively i.e. on or after 1 July 2013 | Nasopharynx and nasal cavity for workers exposed to leather dust or nickel Lung cancer exposure to diesel engine exhaust, environmental tobacco smoke, Radon-222 and its decay products | s50A of the Return to Work Act 1986 provides the legal presumption that if an employee has been employed as a firefighter for a certain period before being diagnosed with one of the prescribed cancers in regulation 5B and has been exposed to the hazards of a fire scene during that period, their employment has contributed to a significant degree to the contraction of the disease. These provisions provide a separate mechanism for firefighters to access compensation under the Act. Malignancy: Nasopharynx – formaldehyde Liver - Hepatitis B virus or Hepatitis C virus exposure related to occupation Nasal cavity and para-nasal sinuses – leather dust Larynx – strong inorganic acid mist Lung – Arsenic, beryllium, bis(chloromethyl)ether, cadmium, chromium VI, diesel engine exhaust, environmental tobacco smoke, Radon-222 and its decay products, silica dust (crystalline) Skin (melanoma) – solar radiation, polychlorinated biphenyls Skin (non-melanoma) – solar radiation Kidney – tricholorethylene Bladder – naphthylamine, benzidine, cyclophosphamide, ortho-toluidine Leukaemia (excluding chromic lymphatic leukaemia) – benzene, butadiene, cyclophosphamide, formaldehyde, hepatitis C virus exposure related to occupation | Salivary Gland - employment involving exposure to ionizing radiation Lung cancer exposure to arsenic, beryllium, cadmium, chromium VI, diesel engine exhaust, environmental tobacco smoke, ionizing radiation, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, Radon-222 and its decay products, silica dust (crystalline) Nasopharynx – formaldehyde Oesophagus, Stomach, Colon and rectum, Bone, Breast, kidney, brain, thyroid, nasal cavity and para-nasal sinuses, and non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma employment involving exposure to ionizing radiation Liver - employment involving exposure to vinyl chloride monomer, Hepatitis B virus or Hepatitis C virus Skin (melanoma) - employment involving exposure to solar radiation or polychlorinated biphenyls Skin (non-melanoma) - employment involving exposure to ionizing radiation, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons or solar radiation Bladder - employment involving exposure to 2-naphthylamine, benzidine, cyclophosphamide, ionizing radiation, ortho-toluidine, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons associated with aluminium production Leukaemia (excluding chronic lymphatic leukaemia) - employment involving exposure to benzene, butadiene, cyclophosphamide, formaldehyde, Hepatitis C virus or ionizing radiation Kidney – employment involving exposure to trichloroethylene Nasal cavity and para-nasal sinuses – leather dust | s7(8) and s7(9) of the SRC 1988 provide the legal presumption that if an employee has been employed as a firefighter for a certain period before being diagnosed with one of the prescribed cancers in s7(8) ; and has been exposed to the hazards of a fire scene during that period, their employment has contributed to a significant degree to the contraction of the disease The above provisions provide a separate mechanism for firefighters to access compensation under the SRC Act. | Naso-pharyngeal carcinoma diagnosed as caused by formaldehyde Laryngeal carcinoma diagnosed as caused by sulphuric acid mists or organic solvents Lung cancer diagnosed as caused by bis (chloromethyl) ether (and chloromethyl methyl ether), cadmium, coke oven emissions, nickel, radon, silica or soot Bladder cancer diagnosed as caused by 2-naphthylamine, benzidine, 4-aminobiphenyl, N,N-Bis (2-chloroethyl)-2-naphthylamine, other aromatic amines, or poly-cyclic aromatic hydrocarbons |
| Miners’ nystagmus | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | Occupations involving working in or about an active mining area | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Legislation and/ or instrument | Workers Compensation Regulation 2016 — Schedule 1 Workers’ Compensation (Dust Diseases) Act 1942 — Schedule 1 2 | Workplace Injury Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2013 — s51 Victoria Government Gazette No.92 — Friday, 30 August 1985 | Workers’ Compensation and Injury Management Act 1981 — Schedule 3 | Return to Work Act 2014 — Schedule 2 | Workers Rehabilitation and Compensation (Deemed Diseases) Notice 2017 — Schedule 1 | Return to Work Act 1986 – s4(6)(a) Return to Work Regulations 1986 — Schedule 2 | Workers Compensation Regulation 2002 — Schedule 1 | Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 1988 s7(1) . Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation (Specified Diseases and Employment) Instrument 2017 Seafarers’ Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 1992 s10(1) . Seafarers Rehabilitation and Compensation (Specified Diseases and Employment) Instrument 2021 | Accident Compensation Act 2001 s30(3) , 60 — Schedule 2 |
1. Includes Seacare.
2. Schedule 1 of the Workers’ Compensation (Dust Diseases) Act 1942 lists the following dust diseases: Aluminosis, Asbestosis, Asbestos induced carcinoma, Asbestos related pleural disease (ARPD), Bagassosis, Berylliosis, Byssinosis, Coal dust pneumoconiosis, Farmers’ Lung, Hard Metal Pneumoconiosis, Mesothelioma, Silicosis, Silico-tuberculosis and Talcosis