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Parliamentary Questions


Question Without Notice No. 383 asked in the Legislative Council on 11 May 2022 by Hon Martin Aldridge

Parliament: 41 Session: 1

POST-TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER PRESUMPTION — FIRST RESPONDERS

383. Hon MARTIN ALDRIDGE to the Minister for Emergency Services:

I refer to the media statement entitled ''PTSD presumption for ambulance workers'' published on Boxing Day, 26 December 2021.

(1) Has the government provided similar protections to emergency service volunteers and career officers?

(2) If no to (1), why not?

(3) Noting the comments of the Minister for Industrial Relations that ''it's important our highly valued health care workers, who provide an essential service to our community, are protected and not unfairly burdened with workers' compensation claims'', when will the government protect our highly valued emergency service workers and volunteers?

Hon STEPHEN DAWSON replied:

I thank the honourable member for some notice of the question.

(1) No.

(2)–(3) The post-traumatic stress disorder presumption for ambulance workers delivered on a McGowan government election commitment. The government is awaiting the finalisation of work being undertaken at the national level that is examining a national approach regarding presumptive liability for first responders with PTSD.