Current as of 15 September 2026. Every figure below was checked against the scheme's own published schedule on that date.
Start here if you are a podiatrist
Podiatry has no dedicated fee schedule in New South Wales, South Australia or Western Australia. That is three of the five mainland schemes. Only Queensland and Victoria publish podiatry fees.
Where there is no schedule, you are negotiating with the claims manager case by case, and you should do that before you treat rather than after you invoice.
Queensland
New allied health tables of costs took effect 1 July 2026, replacing the 1 August 2025 tables. Dedicated tables are published for physiotherapy, podiatry and exercise physiology, alongside occupational therapy, hand therapy, chiropractic, osteopathy, speech pathology and others.
WorkCover Queensland describes these as maximum fees payable and will not pay charges above the listed fee.
Note the URL change: the old worksafe.qld.gov.au fees path now redirects to workcoverqld.com.au. Update your bookmark.
New South Wales
SIRA's fees orders commenced 1 February 2026, indexed by up to 4.57%.
Physiotherapy — covered by the Workers Compensation (Physiotherapy, Chiropractic and Osteopathy Fees) Order 2026.
Exercise physiology — accredited exercise physiology fees and practice requirements, effective 1 February 2026. Accredited EPs need a SIRA provider number.
Podiatry — no fees order exists. SIRA's fees page does not mention podiatry at all.
Provider travel in the 2026 orders is $0.88 per kilometre, matching the ATO rate.
On podiatry, be careful what you read elsewhere. SIRA has not said podiatry is insurer-dependent or approval-dependent — it is simply silent on podiatry. Treat that silence as a reason to confirm with the insurer in writing before treating, not as a published position.
Victoria
WorkSafe Victoria's 2026 fees took effect 1 July 2026. All figures below are exclusive of GST; WorkSafe pays the GST component on top.
Physiotherapy — PY100 initial $142.59, PY102 standard $71.28
Exercise physiology — EX021 initial $131.12, EX022 standard $72.64
Podiatry — CH601 initial $101.98, CH602 standard $71.28
Orthotics — CHAAA $604.62, which sits inside the podiatry schedule rather than having its own
Physiotherapists: the EIPF extension expires in November
WorkSafe automatically extended all new and existing Early Intervention Physiotherapy Framework registrations to 1 November 2026 while it reworks the service model. No action is required from you to get the extension.
That date is about six weeks away. WorkSafe has not yet published what replaces it, so this is one to watch rather than file.
South Australia
ReturnToWorkSA's 2026-27 fee schedules took effect 1 July 2026. Fees are gazetted maximums, exclusive of GST.
Physiotherapy — PT108 initial $119.20, PT210 subsequent $99.30, PT212 long subsequent $119.30, PT214 restricted $238.20/hr
Exercise physiology — EP101 initial assessment $188.90/hr to a maximum of one hour, EP102 individual session $188.90/hr to a maximum of ten sessions including the initial, EP103 group $31.40 per participant
Podiatry — no dedicated schedule
RTWSA states the position on podiatry directly: allied health providers without a dedicated fee schedule should contact the claims manager and discuss fees case by case.
Western Australia
The Workers Compensation (Health Services) Fees Order 2025 applied a 3.96% increase from 1 November 2025. No superseding order has been published.
Physiotherapy (Schedule 10) — PA001 initial $120.50, PB001 subsequent $97.65, PC001 two areas $128.10, PG001 group $36.90 per participant, PR003 treatment management plan $120.50
Exercise physiology (Schedule 5) — EPE20 initial $221.50/hr to a maximum of two hours, EPE21 subsequent $221.50/hr to a maximum of one hour
Podiatry — not among the eleven prescribed services in the Order
Two things worth knowing. The 3.96% figure appears in WorkCover WA's website copy and the Gazette, not inside the signed Order, so cite the website rather than the PDF. And WA's pattern is to gazette in October for a 1 November start, so a 2026 Order is plausible within weeks. We will flag it when it lands.
Tasmania, ACT and Northern Territory
None of the three prescribes allied health fees.
Tasmania. The WorkCover Board does not prescribe fees for medical and associated expenses. Section 75(1)(a) applies a reasonable expenses test, and s75(2A) caps a provider at their own normal non-compensable fee. So your WorkCover rate cannot exceed what you charge a private patient for the same service.
ACT. Cover is underwritten by private insurers and WorkSafe ACT states plainly that there are no prescribed fee schedules for medical and health providers. A customary-charge test applies under s70(1)(a) of the Workers Compensation Act 1951.
Northern Territory. Section 73(1)(a) of the Return to Work Act 1986 lets the Authority publish guidelines capping costs, but no such guideline is published. NT WorkSafe's guides index lists none and the allied health page carries no fees.
Sources
Everything else
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