COALITION SENATORS' ADDITIONAL COMMENTS
Coalition senators welcome the opportunity to inquire into this
important issue, and broadly support the arguments underpinning the committee
majority's report. Coalition senators wholeheartedly share the committee
majority's objective of securing a workable compensatory system for
firefighters who fall ill with cancer related to their service. However, coalition
senators remain to be convinced that presumptive legislation is necessarily the
best mechanism to achieve this.
Recommendation
Coalition senators recommend that further consideration
be given to ascertain how best to streamline firefighters' access to
compensation for occupational cancer without necessarily resorting to
presumptive legislation.
Senator Chris Back
Deputy Chair
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Senator Bridget McKenzie |
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