State Government provides medical benefits for former police
Source: Western Australia. Minister for Police and Emergency Services. Media Release
"Western Australia Police officers will be able to access medical benefits for ongoing work-related conditions after leaving the police service, under new laws that have been finalised. Police and Emergency Services Minister John Kobelke said the legislation, which was being introduced in the next few weeks as a priority, would remove the anomaly of police officers leaving WA Police with work-related injuries and illnesses without any recognition to meet the costs of their ongoing medical treatment. Currently police are not entitled to recover these or other related expenses."