Queensland Consolidated Acts Queensland Consolidated Acts(1) The spouse, of a deceased worker, includes the worker's de facto partner only if the worker and the de facto partner lived together as a couple on a genuine domestic basis within the meaning of the Acts Interpretation Act 1954, section 32DA--
(a) generally--
(i) for a continuous period of at least 2 years ending on the worker's death; or
(ii) for a shorter period ending on the deceased's death, if the circumstances of the de facto relationship of the deceased and the de facto partner evidenced a clear intention that the relationship be a long term, committed relationship; or
(b) if the deceased left a dependant who is a child of the relationship--immediately before the worker's death.
(2) In this section--
child of the relationship means a child of the worker and the de facto partner, and includes a child born after the worker's death.
dependant includes a child born after the worker's death who would have been completely or partly dependent on the worker's earnings after the child's birth if the worker had not died.