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state political reporter Adam Langenberg

Cancer win for firefighters as Tasmanian legislation leads the way for compensation claims

Cancer survivor and firefighter Neil Brooksbank spoke at a rally and welcomed the changes. (ABC News: Luke Bowden)

Neil Brooksbank is certain that fighting thousands of fires over the years has caused his bladder cancer.

Because it is one of 12 cancers that the Tasmanian government recognises as being caused by firefighting, his compensation claim was approved without needing to prove he contracted it at work.

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