❓ Hon Martin Aldridge questions the Minister for Emergency Services regarding the timeline for extending presumptive protection for PTSD to fire and emergency service volunteers and workers, similar to that already afforded to ambulance workers. The Minister deflects responsibility.
AnsweredQoN 1190Legislative Council
QuestionView source ↗
POST-TRAUMATIC STRESS
DISORDER PRESUMPTION — FIRST RESPONDERS
1190. Hon MARTIN ALDRIDGE to the Minister for Emergency
Services:
Noting that it has been almost one
year since the state government afforded presumptive protection to ambulance
workers with post-traumatic stress injury, when will the government provide
comparable protection to the more than 27 000 fire and emergency service
volunteers and workers in Western Australia?
DISORDER PRESUMPTION — FIRST RESPONDERS
1190. Hon MARTIN ALDRIDGE to the Minister for Emergency
Services:
Noting that it has been almost one
year since the state government afforded presumptive protection to ambulance
workers with post-traumatic stress injury, when will the government provide
comparable protection to the more than 27 000 fire and emergency service
volunteers and workers in Western Australia?
AnswerView source ↗
I am not responsible for ambulance
workers, so if the member wants an answer with that level of detail, he might
want to put the question on notice.
workers, so if the member wants an answer with that level of detail, he might
want to put the question on notice.
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