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Elderly injured Italian deemed a "worker" under Qld law

A 92-year-old Italian who lives on a Mediterranean island, and claims his dust disease resulted from a working holiday in Australia 70 years ago, is a "worker" within the meaning of Queensland's injury laws, a commission has ruled.

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