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Commonwealth takes first steps towards new compensation fund for asbestos victims
Federal Health Minister Greg Hunt has written to the friends and family of a Canberra mesothelioma sufferer who grew up in a “Mr Fluffy” house, saying federal bureaucrats were actively investigating a new fund for compensation.
Key points:
- James Wallner contracted mesothelioma after living in a Mr Fluffy home as a child and being exposed to asbestos
- He could not claim compensation through existing schemes
- The federal government is now considering a compensation scheme for victims who were not exposed to asbestos through work
Last year veterinary scientist James Wallner, 54, was diagnosed with pleural mesothelioma – a disease only caused by exposure to asbestos.
But while most Australian asbestos victims were exposed while working in the…
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