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.

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