Teacher workers' compensation claims have risen by 26 per cent over the past two years, with claims for psychological injury up by 60 per cent, new data from the Department of Education, Children and Young People shows.

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The data shows that between March 2023 and March 2025 , there were 174 physical injury claims made by teachers and 75 psychological injury claims.

A rise in workers' compensation claims over two years has led the state's education union to declare a crisis due to violence and a failure by the Department of Education, Children

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