Newberry v Suncorp Metway Insurance Ltd and King v Parsons remain the definitive authorities on the meaning of 'injury' under s 32 of the Workers' Compensation and Rehabilitation Act 2003 (Qld) for the purposes of the CLA exclusion in s 5(1)(b), notwithstanding the 2007 amendment. A mere connection between the time and place of an accident and the worker's employment is insufficient to establish that employment was a 'significant contributing factor' to the injury; the exigencies of employment must contribute in some significant way to the occurrence of the injury. The 2007 amendment shifted the focus from the terms of the pleaded claim to whether compensation is payable under the WCRA, but concepts of fault and causation remain pertinent.
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