[Greens-Media] Greens Put Volunteer Firefighters Cancer Compensation to Minority Parliament Test

[Franks, Office]

Tammy Franks Greens MLC will today reintroduce legislation to ensure that South Australia's CFS volunteer fire-fighters are subject to the same schedule to qualify for presumptive treatment under WorkCover as their MFS colleagues should a volunteer firefighter contract a cancer as outlined in the schedule.*

The Bill is expected to be one of the first tests of the Weatherill Minority Government as it has previously received support of all non-Labor members of the previous Parliament.

The Bill is also the same as the one which was previously cosponsored with Ms Franks by Independent MP Geoff Brock. The Liberal party committed to funding the initiative in the recent election had they won Government. It is expected their support remains.

Minister Brock's vote in the Lower House this time is likely to decide the fate of the Bill.

WHAT: CFS Cancer Compensation Bill Press Conference
WHERE:  Steps of Parliament House, North Terrace
WHEN: 11.30pm today (Wednesday, May 7)
WHO: Tammy Franks MLC,  joined by:
Sonia St Alban, CFS Volunteers Association ED
Roger Flavell, CFS Volunteers Association President
Jeff Clark, CFS Volunteers Association Vice President
Evelyn O'Loughlin, Volunteering SA & NT CEO
Volunteer Firefighters

*The schedule's criteria is of 12 cancers that have been proven to be linked to the act of firefighting and years of service to ranging from 5 through to 25 years of service dependent on the type of cancer contracted.



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