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How public liability claims work across Australia: who you sue, occupiers' liability by state, obvious-risk defences, council roads protection, and current damages thresholds and caps.
How a public liability claim works in NSW under the Civil Liability Act 2002: the occupier's duty, obvious risk defences, council roads protection, the current $804,000 damages cap and time limits.
How public liability claims work in Queensland under the Civil Liability Act 2003 and PIPA: the negligence test, obvious risk defences, council protections and ISV damages.
Public liability claims in South Australia: the codified occupiers' duty, why there is no recreational-activity defence, the road authority protection, intoxication rules and the 3 year time limit.
How public liability claims work in Tasmania: the Civil Liability Act 2002, no duty to warn, the dangerous recreational activity defence, the indexed damages threshold and time limits.
How a public liability claim works in the ACT under the Civil Law (Wrongs) Act 2002: the codified occupiers' duty, roads protection, the section 51 notice deadline and why there is no damages cap.
How public liability claims work in the NT, where common law governs negligence and PILDA sets only damages caps and intoxication rules, not a general civil liability scheme.
How public liability claims work in Victoria: the Wrongs Act 1958's codified occupiers duty, the separate roads regime, the significant injury threshold, damages cap and time limits.
Public liability claims in Western Australia: the Occupiers' Liability Act 1985 duty, the Civil Liability Act 2002 defences, current Amount A/C damages figures and the 3 year time limit.