"My workers comp payments are changing, stopping, or just dragging on"

If a letter has told you your weekly payments are stepping down or ending, two things are true at once. The letter is about one system. You may be connected to more than one.

What the letter means

Weekly workers compensation payments reduce at set points, and in most states they eventually stop altogether. The exact points depend on your state's scheme and your circumstances. The letter is not a judgement about whether you are still unwell. It is a statutory clock ticking over.

We map these schedules state by state, with section numbers and sources, so you can see your timeline in one place:

• Victoria: what happens at 130 weeks, and the pathway beyond it
• NSW: what happens at 130 weeks, and at 260
• South Australia: what happens next. The South Australian timetable is drawn, sourced and dated; the link opens it with the scheme and the state already filled in.
• What happens next: every state timetable, drawn, including Queensland

The part most people are never told

Being on workers compensation does not close the other doors. Depending on your circumstances and the wording of each policy, a person in your position may also be connected to income protection or total and permanent disability (TPD) cover inside their super, Centrelink supports including the Disability Support Pension (DSP), and other pathways.

Each system judges things under its own rules. Being accepted, refused or timed out by one of them does not decide the others.

• How the six systems fit together
• There may be insurance inside your super you were never told about
• How to find out what insurance is in your super