WAR RISKS
PROTECTION OF CIVILIANS AUSTRALIAN SCHEME. APPROVED IN PRINCIPLE. (By Telegraph—Press Association —Copyright; (Received This Day, Noon.) CANBERRA, This Day. The Federal Cabinet has approved in principle a personal war risk insurance scheme under which every civilian in the Commonwealth will be covered. The Commonwealth will carry the entire financial burden. Compensatioin will be paid to civilians who suffer personal injury from enemy action in Australia. The proposed compensation comprises, firstly, temporary allowances to tide incapacitated people over their period of incapacitation; secondly, permanent pensions to people totally incapacitated; thirdly, permanent pensions to the dependents of breadwinners killed by enemy action. The scheme could be brought into operation under the National Security Act in twenty-four hours.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 20 May 1941, Page 6
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117WAR RISKS Wairarapa Times-Age, 20 May 1941, Page 6
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