Emergency Services Workers

The Hon. T.A. FRANKS (14:51): Final supplementary: does the Treasurer have any legal advice as to the legality of requiring somebody to pay out of their own pocket through Medicare or private health for their workers compensation injuries?

The Hon. R.I. LUCAS (Treasurer) (14:51): I don't have any legal advice, but it may well be that SAFECOM or Treasury officers may well have had legal advice in relation to the particular issues that were the subject of the concern back in December, but, as I said, as of the last few days of December, those particular words were proposed to be changed in the final communiqué.