WorkCover and Workplace Injury Lawyer in Robina

About Our Robina Office

Principal lawyer Viktoria Teed meets clients by appointment at a serviced office inside Robina Town Centre: Shop 6001, Level 2, Robina Town Centre, 19 Robina Town Centre Drive, Robina QLD 4226. Please call 1300 390 394 to book a time before you come in.

The centre sits beside the M1, with car access from the motorway, Robina Parkway and Christine Avenue, over 6,800 parking spaces and 134 accessible bays off Robina Town Centre Drive. Buses stop next to Australia Post on Robina Town Centre Drive, and Robina railway station is about 800 metres away. If travel is hard because of your injury, we can meet by phone or video, or visit you at home or in hospital.

Local Industries & Workplace Risks

Robina is part of the City of Gold Coast, where health care and social assistance, construction and retail trade were the three largest employing industries in 2024/25, together providing about 42% of local jobs. Construction makes up 15.7% of Gold Coast jobs, compared with 9.8% across Queensland.

• Health care: Robina Hospital, the Robina Health Precinct and Campus Alpha Health Services form a health hub within 350 metres of one another.
• Retail and food service: Robina Town Centre has over 320 specialty stores, plus department stores, supermarkets and three dining areas.
• Construction and trades: the city's largest industry by full-time equivalent jobs.
• Education and events: Bond University and Cbus Super Stadium are both in Robina.

Common Workplace Injuries in Robina

Injuries commonly associated with this work include:

• Patient-lifting strains to the back and shoulder for nurses, carers and hospital support staff.
• Repetitive strain injuries from stock handling, checkout and kitchen tasks.
• Slips on wet floors in kitchens and food courts. Injured staff may have a workers' compensation claim; an injured shopper may have a public liability claim.
• Falls, crush injuries and knee damage on building sites (see construction injury claims).
• Psychological injury after customer aggression, bullying or traumatic events.
• Crashes on the M1 or local roads while working or commuting, which can involve both workers' compensation and CTP. Queensland's workers' compensation scheme can cover journeys between home and work, with exceptions.

Local Medical & Legal Resources

Public hospitals

• Robina Hospital, 2 Bayberry Lane, Robina: emergency, medical and surgical services, about 350 metres from Robina station.
• Gold Coast University Hospital, 1 Hospital Boulevard, Southport: tertiary teaching hospital with an emergency department.

Courts and tribunals

• Southport Magistrates Court, corner Davenport and Hinze Streets, Southport, and Coolangatta Magistrates Court, 136 Musgrave Street, Coolangatta. Some workers' compensation appeals go to an Industrial Magistrate and are filed at a Magistrates Court.
• Queensland Industrial Relations Commission: hears appeals against many decisions of the Workers' Compensation Regulator.

Statewide: WorkCover Queensland (the state's primary workers' compensation insurer), Workplace Health and Safety Queensland, and Workers' Compensation Services in the Office of Industrial Relations, which regulates the scheme and resolves disputes.