Firefighter Compensation Laws Expanded to Include 20 Cancers

Firefighters tackle a bushfire in thick smoke in the town of Moruya, south of Batemans Bay, in New South Wales, Australia, on Jan. 4, 2020. Peter Parks/AFP via Getty Images

Firefighters in Western Australia (WA) will be compensated if they develop 20 types of cancer under expanded laws.

The Cook government on Saturday announced it was expanding the number of cancers covered under presumptive legislation from 12 to 20.