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Black lung group recommends workers' comp

A QUEENSLAND Stakeholder Reference Group set up by the state government has recommended that all workers who contract Coal Workers' Pneumoconiosis or "black lung" disease should get fair compensation in a timely fashion.

Lou Caruana
Black lung group recommends workers' comp

The group also recommended retired workers or workers who had left the industry get access to medical examinations at no cost. Queensland Resources Council CEO Ian Macfarlane said the QRC broadly supported...

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