❓ Hon Robin Chapple asks about the health outcomes and compensation access for former Agriculture Protection Board workers potentially exposed to 2,4,5-T herbicide, requesting information on a 2004 register and its use.
AnsweredQoN 2233Legislative Council
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I refer to question on notice 2125 asked in the Legislative Council on 9 May 2019 and a register that was used in 2004 to identify workers of the Agriculture Protection Board potentially exposed to 2,4,5-T, and ask: (a) of the register that was used in 2004
to identify workers of the Agriculture Protection Board potentially exposed to
2,4,5-T in weed spraying programs in the period 1975-1985, how many have
subsequently died: (i) of the deaths referred to in (a), how many were the result of acquiring cancer; and (ii) if the answers to (a) and (a)(i) are unknown, why; (b) are former workers of the Agriculture Protection Board potentially exposed to 2,4,5-T identified in the register that was used in 2004 still able to access compensation from the Insurance Commission of Western Australia fund for workplace injuries of government employees: (i) if no to (b), why not; and (ii) if yes to (b), how will this be provided; and (c) will the Minister table the 2004 register
that was used to identify workers of the Agriculture Protection Board
potentially exposed to 2,4,5-T: (i) if no to (c), why not; and (ii) if no to (c), were individuals on the 2004 register
that was used to identify workers of the Agriculture Protection Board
potentially exposed to 2,4,5-T advised that they were on the register: (A) if no to (c)(ii), why not? (B) if yes to (c)(ii), how were they advised?
to identify workers of the Agriculture Protection Board potentially exposed to
2,4,5-T in weed spraying programs in the period 1975-1985, how many have
subsequently died: (i) of the deaths referred to in (a), how many were the result of acquiring cancer; and (ii) if the answers to (a) and (a)(i) are unknown, why; (b) are former workers of the Agriculture Protection Board potentially exposed to 2,4,5-T identified in the register that was used in 2004 still able to access compensation from the Insurance Commission of Western Australia fund for workplace injuries of government employees: (i) if no to (b), why not; and (ii) if yes to (b), how will this be provided; and (c) will the Minister table the 2004 register
that was used to identify workers of the Agriculture Protection Board
potentially exposed to 2,4,5-T: (i) if no to (c), why not; and (ii) if no to (c), were individuals on the 2004 register
that was used to identify workers of the Agriculture Protection Board
potentially exposed to 2,4,5-T advised that they were on the register: (A) if no to (c)(ii), why not? (B) if yes to (c)(ii), how were they advised?
AnswerView source ↗
Answered
20 August 2019
Responded by
Minister for Agriculture and Food
Response time
9 days
(A)(B) The register was used to facilitate workers’ compensation claims in 2004 following the expert medical panel finding that APB workers may have an increase in the risk of cancer due to prior exposure to herbicides containing 2,4,5– T. It was not intended to facilitate ongoing monitoring of, or contact with the listed individuals.
Other mechanisms were used to inform and support former APB workers who may have been exposed to 2,4,5– T, including:
Other mechanisms were used to inform and support former APB workers who may have been exposed to 2,4,5– T, including:
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