Union Criticise Limited Expansion of Firies Cancer Scheme

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Victoria’s presumptive rights scheme will be expanded to cover firefighters diagnosed with female-specific forms of cancer, but the union has slammed the move as a political stunt.

Legislation for the compensation scheme will be amended to add primary site cervical, ovarian and uterine conditions to the existing list of 12 eligible cancers, Emergency Services Minister Jaclyn Symes has announced.