This report provides information about workers’ compensation arrangements and the differences between schemes in Australia and New Zealand.

This report has now been superseded, for a copy of the latest Comparison report please go to the Comparison of Workers’ Compensation Arrangements in Australia and New Zealand 2023. 

This report provides a comparison of the different ways each workers’ compensation scheme deals with: 

• coverage 
• benefits 
• return to work provisions 
• self-insurance 
• common law 
• dispute resolution, and 
• cross-border arrangements. 

We release this report every 2 years.