SEATO Nurse Update The Federal Government has thrown yet more obstacles in the path of SEATO nurses injured as a result of their service in Vietnam. After refusing to accept a recommendation from an independent review, that SEATO nurses be entitled to claim benefits under the Veterans' Entitlements Act 1986, the Minister for Veterans' Affairs, Mr Bruce Scott, encouraged nurses to make claims under COMCARE, the Commonwealth employees workers compensation system. At the same time his colleague, Mr Tony Abbott, Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations and Small Business, is pushing ahead with legislation to make it even harder for nurses to make successful claims under COMCARE. See the article in the August Journal for details - available online as a PDF file. Support SEATO nurses by sending letters to Senators in your State/Territory. Senators and their contact details are listed below. Collect signatures for the Petition which is available online as a PDF file. NEW SOUTH WALES Sen. Helen Coonan Tel: 02 6277 3218 - Fax: 02 6277 3221 Email senator.coonan@aph.gov.au The Hon. William Heffernan Tel: 02 6277 3610 - Fax: 02 6277 3614 Email: senator.heffernan@aph.gov.au Sen. John MacDonald Tel: 02 6277 3705 - Fax: 02 6277 3247 The Hon. Marise Payne Tel: 02 6277 3810 - Fax: 02 6277 3811 Email: senator.payne@aph.gov.au Sen. John Tierney Tel: 02 6277 3345 - Fax: 02 6277 3351 Email: senator.tierney@gov.au VICTORIA The Hon. Richard Alston Tel: 02 6277 7480 - Fax: 02 6273 4154 Email: richard.alston@dcita.gov.au The Hon. Charles (Rod) Kemp Tel: 02 6277 7360 - Fax: 02 6273 4125 Email: senator.rod.kemp@aph.gov.au Sen. Julian McGauran Tel: 02 6277 3664 - Fax: 02 6277 3225 Email: senator.mcgauran@aph.gov.au The Hon. Kay Patterson Tel: 02 6277 3800 - Fax: 02 6277 3804 Sen. Tsebin Tchen Tel: 02 6277 3870 - Fax: 02 6277 5730 Email: senator.tchen@aph.gov.au The Hon. Judith Troeth Tel: 02 6277 3002 - Fax: 02 6277 3205 Email: senator.troeth@aph.gov.au TASMANIA The Hon Eric Abetz Tel: 02 6277 3710 - Fax: 02 6277 3472 Email: senator.abetz@aph.gov.au Sen. Paul Calvert Tel: 02 6277 3404 - Fax: 02 6277 3403 Email: senator.calvert@aph.gov.au The Hon. Brian Gibson Tel: 02 6277 3603 - Fax: 03 6277 3600 Email: senator.gibson@aph.gov.au The Hon. Jocelyn Newman Tel: 02 6277 7560 - Fax: 02 6273 4122 Email: senator.newman@aph.gov.au Sen. John Watson Tel: 02 6277 3685 - Fax: 02 6277 3689 Email: senator.watson@aph.gov.au QUEENSLAND The Hon. Ronald Boswell Tel: 02 6277 3244 - Fax: 02 6277 3246 Email: senator.boswell@aph.gov.au The Hon. John Herron Tel: 02 6277 7620 - Fax: 02 6273 4142 Email: senator.herron.@aph.gov.au The Hon. Ian MacDonald Tel: 02 6277 7060 - Fax: 02 6277 7112 Email: senator.ian.macdonald@aph.gov.au Sen. Brett Mason Tel: 02 6277 3756 - Fax: 02 6277 5725 NORTHERN TERRITORY The Hon. Grant Tambling Tel: 02 6277 3436 - Fax: 02 6277 3704 Email: senator.tambling@aph.gov.au AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY The Hon. Margaret Reid Tel: 02 6277 3300 - Fax: 02 6277 3108 Email: senator.reid@aph.gov.au SOUTH AUSTRALIA Sen. Hedley Chapman Tel: 02 6277 3630 - Fax: 02 6277 3873 Email: senator.chapman@aph.gov.au Sen. Alan Ferguson Tel: 02 6277 3115 - Fax: 02 6277 3124 Email: senator.ferguson@aph.gov.au Sen. Jeanine Ferris Tel: 08 8237 6840 - Fax: 08 8237 6849 Email: Senator.Ferris@aph.gov.au The Hon. Robert Hill Tel: 02 6277 7640 - Fax: 02 6276 6101 The Hon. Nicholas Minchin Tel: 02 6277 7580 - Fax: 02 6273 4101 Email: senator.minchin@aph.gov.au The Hon. Amanda Vanstone Tel: 02 6277 7260 - Fax: 02 6273 7098 WESTERN AUSTRALIA The Hon. Ian Campbell Tel: 02 6277 3955 - Fax: 02 6277 3958 Email: senator.campbell@anf.gov.au Sen. Arthur Crane Tel: 02 6277 3407 - Fax: 02 6277 3413 Email: senator.crane@aph.gov.au Sen Alan Eggleston Tel: 02 6277 3407 - Fax: 02 6277 3413 Email: senator.eggleston@aph.gov.au The Hon. Christopher Ellison Tel: 02 6277 7600 - Fax: 02 6273 4541 Email: senator.Ellison@aph.gov.au Sen. Susan Knowles Tel: 02 6277 3426 - Fax: 02 6277 3120 Email: senator.knowles@aph.gov.au The Hon. Philip Lightfoot Tel: 02 6277 3626 - Fax: 02 6277 5825 Email: senator.lightfoot@aph.gov.au