Table 8.7 shows the amount and proportion of total scheme expenditure paid out to injured workers, plus administrative costs, for the period 2017-18 compared to 2021-22. Since publicly and privately underwritten schemes have different financial structures, this indicator separates each jurisdiction into their respective funding arrangement group.
Table 8.7: Scheme expenditure ($m)
Note: Figures are rounded to the nearest one decimal place and therefore the rows and columns may not add to the respective totals. N/A – Data is unavailable or not collected.
| Publicly underwritten | Privately underwritten | Total | |||||||||
| Scheme Costs | NSW | Vic | Qld | SA | C’wealth Comcare | WA | Tas | NT | C’wealth Seacare | Australia | NZ |
| 2017-18 | |||||||||||
| Direct to claimant | 1,118.2 | 1,252.0 | 831.1 | 165.7 | 147.1 | 605.0 | 68.9 | 80.2 | 11.1 | 4,279.3 | 332.2 |
| Services to claimant | 744.3 | 510.8 | 315.4 | 119.9 | 81.0 | 249.3 | 33.0 | 32.0 | 1.3 | 2,086.9 | 226.3 |
| Insurance operations | 460.9 | 502.8 | 101.8 | 103.3 | 25.2 | 271.3 | 34.8 | 37.2 | 2.6 | 1,539.8 | 68.5 |
| Regulation | 19.6 | 40.7 | 10.4 | 5.0 | 2.2 | 4.2 | 0.9 | N/A | N/A | 82.9 | 27.3 |
| Dispute resolution | 81.6 | 37.0 | 12.0 | 6.1 | 3.4 | 4.3 | 1.1 | 0.8 | N/A | 146.3 | 0.0 |
| Other administration | 118.1 | 85.4 | 51.7 | 33.2 | 21.0 | 9.3 | 1.2 | 6.3 | 0.6 | 326.8 | 40.0 |
| Total | 2,542.6 | 2,428.6 | 1,322.4 | 433.2 | 279.8 | 1,143.4 | 139.9 | 156.5 | 15.6 | 8,462.0 | 694.3 |
| 2021-22 | |||||||||||
| Direct to claimant | 1,853.6 | 1,994.9 | 1,261.1 | 305.4 | 125.9 | 802.9 | 79.6 | 58.8 | 11.0 | 6,493.3 | 511.3 |
| Services to claimant | 935.7 | 632.8 | 408.1 | 148.4 | 58.7 | 295.3 | 34.5 | 29.4 | 1.4 | 2,544.3 | 258.7 |
| Insurance operations | 626.0 | 545.6 | 119.2 | 123.7 | 26.2 | 366.9 | 41.9 | 31.1 | 2.4 | 1,882.9 | 70.2 |
| Regulation | 37.5 | 51.5 | 12.5 | 6.9 | 2.0 | 5.1 | 0.8 | N/A | N/A | 116.1 | 27.4 |
| Dispute resolution | 77.6 | 40.4 | 14.9 | 5.7 | 0.5 | 5.7 | 1.4 | 0.7 | N/A | 146.9 | 2.0 |
| Other administration | 113.8 | 152.2 | 61.1 | 32.4 | 22.6 | 8.1 | 1.5 | 7.1 | 0.9 | 399.7 | 52.9 |
| Total | 3,644.3 | 3,417.4 | 1,876.9 | 622.5 | 235.8 | 1,484.1 | 159.6 | 127.1 | 15.7 | 11,583.2 | 922.7 |