Wednesday, 2 August 2023

Firefighters’ Presumptive Rights Compensation Legislation Amendment Bill 2023

Introduction and first reading

Samantha RATNAM (Northern Metropolitan) (09:35): I introduce a bill for an act to amend the Firefighters’ Presumptive Rights Compensation and Fire Services Legislation Amendment (Reform) Act 2019 and the Forests Act 1958 to provide for an additional nine specified forms of cancer that are presumed to be caused by the nature of a firefighter’s employment for the purposes of claiming compensation and for other purposes, and I move:

That the bill be now read a first time.

Motion agreed to.

Read first time.

Samantha RATNAM: I move:

That the second reading be made an order of the day for the next day of meeting.

Motion agreed to.