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Workers Compensation Amendment (Firefighters' Diseases) Bill 2025

Type: Private members
Status: In Legislative Assembly, Awaiting mover's 2R Speech, Thu 18 Sep 2025
Bill Remarks: LA: Bill lapses in accordance with Standing Orders on 19 March 2026
Origin: Legislative Council
Member with Carriage: Tudehope, Damien (Singh, Gurmesh)
Long Title: An Act to amend the Workers Compensation Act 1987 to specify further kinds of cancer as diseases to which presumptive rights to compensation for firefighters apply and to specify the corresponding qualifying service periods; to reduce the qualifying service period for primary site oesophageal cancer; and for related purposes.
Progress
Legislative Council
Initially introduced in the Legislative Council
Introduced by: Tudehope, Damien
Notice of Motion: Tue 5 Aug 2025
Introduced: Wed 6 Aug 2025
First Reading: Wed 6 Aug 2025
2R Speech: Wed 6 Aug 2025
Second Reading: Thu 18 Sep 2025
Third Reading: Thu 18 Sep 2025
Date Passed LC: Thu 18 Sep 2025
Sent to LA for concurrence: Thu 18 Sep 2025
Legislative Assembly
Member with Carriage: Singh, Gurmesh
Introduced: Thu 18 Sep 2025
First Reading: Thu 18 Sep 2025
Documents and Transcripts
Text of Bill:
First Print.pdf First Print.pdf
Previous Version(s):
Not available at this stage.
Explanatory Notes:
XN - Workers Compensation Amendment (Firefighters’ Diseases) Bill 2025.pdf XN - Workers Compensation Amendment (Firefighters’ Diseases) Bill 2025.pdf

Transcript of speeches:
2R Speech LA Not available at this stage.
2R Speech LC Second Reading Speech LCSecond Reading Speech LCSecond Reading Speech LC

Amendments for Consideration:
Legislative Assembly
No amendments.
Legislative Council
No amendments.

Amendments Agreed To:
Legislative Assembly
No amendments.
Legislative Council
No amendments.

Bill digest
See Legislation Review Digest No. 34 of 58 for an examination of this Bill by the Legislation Review Committee.

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