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Improved compensation for Australian nuclear test veterans

Widows and dependent Children of deceased defence participants will also have access to pensions and healthcare treatment as a result of this measure.

Australian Veterans’ Affairs Annual Report – Nuke Vet amendments COVERAGE FOR BRITISH NUCLEAR TEST PARTICIPANTS(AUSTRALIA, MILITARY PERSONNEL) Paul Langley’s Nuclear History Blog, 29 Jan 2011, As part of the government’s response to the revisitation of the unimplemented Recommendations of the Clarke Review, the VEA has been amended to add a new category of service titled ‘British Nuclear Test Defence’ Service in a 2010-11 Budget Initiative. Effective l July2 010, defence personnel who participated in the British nuclear test program in Australia will be able to access compensation and health care treatment under the VEA for conditions accepted as related to this service. Widows and dependent Children of deceased defence participants will also have access to pensions and healthcare treatment as a result of this measure.

Prior to l July 2010, defence participants in British nuclear testing could only access compensation under the Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 1988 and non-liability health care treatment for malignantcancers under the Australian participants in the British Nuclear Tests (Treatment)
Act 2006.
Australian Veterans’ Affairs Annual Report – Nuke Vet amendments « Paul Langley’s Nuclear History Blog

January 28, 2011 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | AUSTRALIA - NATIONAL, weapons and war