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Firefighters' Presumptive Rights Compensation Legislation Amendment Bill 2023

Upper House — as recorded: Council - second readingAs recorded by the source: Council - second reading
Parliament
Parliament of Victoria
Introduced
2 Aug 2023
Latest stage
16 Aug 2023
Introduced by
Dr Samantha Ratnam
Stage detail
Council - second reading

What the bill says it does

The purpose of this Act is 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 9 specified forms of cancer that are presumed to be caused by the nature of a firefighter's employment for the purposes of claiming compensation under the Workplace Injury Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2013.

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Timeline

  1. First reading passedLegislative Council

    2 Aug 2023

  2. First reading: Statement of compatibility tabledLegislative Council

    16 Aug 2023 · Source

  3. Second reading movedLegislative Council

    16 Aug 2023 · Source

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Government function: Jobs and workplace programs

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    Source: Office of the Chief Parliamentary Counsel Victoria (legislation.vic.gov.au). Last checked by FOCUp 15 Sept 2026. Read via structured data endpoint. Category assigned by FOCUp's published rules (matched: employment, workplace). About this source