Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 1988 (Cwth)

Workers' Compensation and Rehabilitation (Protecting Firefighters) Amendment Bill 2015

This bill would have made it easier for Queensland firefighters who develop certain cancers to get workers' compensation. It proposed 'deemed disease' coverage for 12 cancers linked to firefighting, meaning the cancer would automatically be treated as work-related if the firefighter had served a minimum number of years. The bill was discharged and did not become law.