Letters

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The Herald Sun News in Australia reported on 18 June that South Australian firefighters are to be coverec for cancer. Career firefighters struck down by cancel in South Australia will no longer have to prove it was caused by their work to get compensation under new laws introduced in state parliament. Attorney-General John Rau said the changes would allow easier access to workers'compensation and will cover 12 specific cancers including brain, breast, bladder, kidney and prostate cancer along with leukaemia and non-Hodgkins lymphoma. From July this year, members of the South Australian Metropolitan Fire Service will no longer have to prove their cancer was caused by their exposure to chemicals released by fires.