Table 4.11: Coverage of journeys and breaks

	Journeys to and from work	Work-related travel	Breaks — onsite	Breaks — offsite
NSW	Yes, for certain exempt workers. For all other workers with injuries received on or after 19 June 2012, there must be a real and substantial connection between employment and the accident or incident out of which the injury arose — s10 and Schedule 6 Part 19H, Clause 18, Workers Compensation Act 1987.	S9A 1987 Act	Yes — s11 1987 Act	Yes — s11 1987 Act
Vic	No — s46, Workplace Injury Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2013	Yes, some restrictions — s46	Yes — s46	Yes — s46
Qld	Yes, some restrictions — s35, Workers’ Compensation and Rehabilitation Act 2003	Yes — s34(1)(c)	Yes — s34(1)(c)	Yes — s34(1)(c)
WA	No — s9, Workers Compensation and Injury Management Act 2023	Yes — s9	Yes	No reference in the Act Coverage depends on factual circumstances
SA	Yes, but limited s7(8), Return to Work Act 2014	Yes — s7(8)	Yes, if the break is authorised — s7(5)(b)	No
Tas	No, some exceptions — s25(6), Workers Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 1988	Yes — s25(6)	Yes, provided the injury ‘arise[s] out of or in the course of [their] employment’ — s 25(1)	No, some exceptions — s25(6)
ACT	Yes — s36, Workers Compensation Act 1951	Yes — s36	Not expressly referenced. Refer s31, Workers Compensation Act 1951.	Not expressly referenced. Refer s31, Workers Compensation Act 1951.
NT	No – s4 Return to Work Act 1986, some exceptions — reg 5AA Return to Work Regulations	Yes — s4	Yes — s4	Yes — some exceptions(MVA’s) — s4
Comcare	No, — s6(1C), Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 1988  excludes liability for injuries arising from a journey between an employee’s usual place of work and home, unless falling within the ordinary definition of arising out of or in the course of employment.	Yes — s6(1)(d)	Yes — s6(1)(b)	Yes,(‘ordinary recess’) s6(1)(b)
Seacare	Yes — s9(2)(e), Seafarers Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 1992	Yes — s9(2)(e)	Yes — s9(2)(b)	Yes — s9(2)(b)
DVA	Yes — s27; exceptions — s35, Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2004 (MRCA)  No, some exceptions — s6(1C), Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation (Defence-related Claims) Act 1988 (DRCA)	MRCA: Yes — s27; exceptions — s35 DRCA: Yes — s6(1)(d)	MRCA: Yes — s27 DRCA: Yes — s6(1)(b)	Yes — s27 Yes, since 7 December 2011 (‘ordinary recess’)
NZ	Yes, some restrictions — s28(1)(c), Accident Compensation Act 2001	Yes — s28(1)(a)	Yes — s28(1)(b)	Yes, some restrictions