Emergency Services Expenditure

234 Dr McFETRIDGE (Morphett) (27 September 2016). In reference to 2016-17 Budget Paper 4, Volume 2, page 93—why are the SAMFS long term provisions on 2016-17 set at $51.357 million when in 2015-16 it was set at $2.423 million and what is being done to reduce levels of non-current liabilities?

The Hon. S.C. MULLIGHAN (Lee—Minister for Transport and Infrastructure, Minister for Housing and Urban Development): The Minister for Emergency Services has been advised:

The budget adjustment to reinstate the workers compensation provision is the continuation of the estimated cost of future claims as a result of the introduction of presumptive legislation for firefighters with specific cancers.