Test a New South Wales firefighter cancer claim against the 12-cancer list
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Key facts
- Human involvement
- YellowClose supervision
- How AI is used
- From the cancer, the service, the organisation and the diagnosis date, using a firm-controlled tool, table the 12 cancers and the limits the SIRA pages state. Do not decide the presumption.
- What the lawyer must review
- Decide whether section 19A and Schedule 4 are open, not only the page's list of 12.
- Schedule 4 Part 2 includes cervical, ovarian, lung and skin. Do not treat them as another scheme's list.
- Leave the pre-27 September 2018 circumstances for the original 12 open. The page does not list them.
- Health and wage records stay in a firm-controlled tool. Apply ASCR r 9, APP 11, and the notifiable-breach test.
Rules that apply
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The work product
Forum. New South Wales, firefighter cancer presumption, SIRA pages
Produce. A presumption table against the 12 cancers, the organisation and the diagnosis date.
Have ready. Diagnosis; Employer or volunteer service and dates; Diagnosis date.
Example of the limit. Illustrative example: A former rural firefighter is diagnosed with a listed cancer three years after retiring, with the qualifying service met. The note records that the page states no post-service deadline. It does not say the claim succeeds. The lawyer decides, including any rebuttal the employer has raised.
Stop and hand it back when
- The person volunteered only in a Community Fire Unit.
- The diagnosis is before 27 September 2018 and the page's missing circumstances would have to be invented.
Sources for this task were checked on 2026-10-23.
Who does what
| Role | What they do |
|---|---|
| Assistance | From the cancer, the service, the organisation and the diagnosis date, using a firm-controlled tool, table the 12 cancers and the limits the SIRA pages state. Do not decide the presumption. |
| Lawyer | Set the scope, supervise the work closely, verify every part relied on, resolve omissions and exceptions, and approve the exact output. |
Checklist
- Match the cancer to Schedule 4 of the Workers Compensation Act 1987, not only to the SIRA page's list of 12. Part 1 is that list of 12. Part 2 adds primary site pancreatic, thyroid, cervical, ovarian, uterine, vaginal, vulval, penile, lung and skin cancers. Liver cancer is not in the Schedule read.
- Check the organisation and the Community Fire Unit exclusion.
- Use 27 September 2018 only for the page's account of the original 12. Do not invent the earlier retrospective circumstances. Do not apply that date to a Part 2 cancer until the commencement of the 2025 Schedule 4 amendment is opened.
- Keep the ordinary disease test separate if the presumption is not open.
Sources
- SIRA: workers compensation reforms for firefighters · 2026-10-23
- SIRA claims guide: disease injury · 2026-10-23
If this is lodged with the Personal Injury Commission, Procedural Direction PIC13 keeps health records in a controlled environment and forbids a generative tool from writing a person's evidence.
Both SIRA pages were current when opened. The firefighter page was updated 19 December 2024. Confirm the Act, including section 19A, which the disease page cites.
If health or wage records leave the firm-controlled tool, decide whether a Privacy Act 1988 (Cth) breach is notifiable.