Senate Select Committee on PFAS
Listen Now – 4th June 2025. Senate Select Committee on PFAS (per and polyfluoroalkyl substances) hears from Witnesses: United Firefighters Union of Australia | Mr Greg McConville, National Secretary, Mr Elijiah Smith, National Industrial Research Officer & United Firefighters Union of Australia Aviation Branch | Mr Wesley Garrett, Branch Secretary UFU Aviation Branch Secretary Mr […]
Chaos as Fire & SES Cuts Bite!
In the already well underfunded Emergency Services Sector Treasurer Jaclyn Symes rips $165 million from existing costs. While Jaclyn sleeps at night the risk to the community is treacherous. The current service cannot cope Jaclyn it is your responsibility to fund to look after the community. What don’t you understand about that. We implore you […]
Treasurer Symes Caught Out – $12 million ‘Admin’ Cost for the New Tax!
Treasurer forced to admit $12million ‘Admin’ Cost for the New Tax. May 16 – ABC News, on the New Tax:Ms Allan said every dollar raised would go back to emergency services and be reported on annually. It does not add up!
Victoria’s fire and emergency services have been thrown into turmoil after Treasurer Jaclyn Symes published a gazette that revealed a $165 million cut to CFA, FRV and VicSES budgets.
At 4.52pm last Friday Ms Symes issued a government gazette outlining how the new $1.55 billion emergency services levy will be distributed across agencies in 2025-26 —including those within government departments. According to the gazette, $312m or 90 per cent of the CFA’s “Forecast Funding Requirements” for 2025-26 will be covered by the tax. When […]
Constant IT outages at Fire Rescue Victoria leaving the Community at risk!
Where has the $30 million for consultants gone?
WITH YOUR SUPPORT WE CAN SCRAP THE TAX!
We want an immediate moratorium on this tax A public inquiry into how this hits every Victorian The Government to immediately stop spending the existing Fire Service Levy revenue raised on non-emergency service expenditure. Get involved, sign up here: https://notinourname.com.au/#get-involved
The Front Page of the Sunday Age highlights the failures plaguing Fire Reacue Victoria’s IT systems!
The Front Page of the Sunday Age highlights the failures plaguing Fire Reacue Victoria’s IT system following the cyberattack in 2022. These failures are impacting Firefighters ability to respond quickly to emergencies on a daily basis.
UFU Member Headed to Canada on Firefighter Exchange!
UFU member Paul has embarked on an exciting 12-month firefighter exchange program with the Edmonton Fire Service in Canada. During his time overseas, Paul is looking forward to: Learning about fire station culture in Edmonton Gaining experience in structural firefighting Have a deeper understanding of their emergency medical response Building strong relationships to support future […]
STRIKE THREE FOR FRV I.T!
Imagine your workplace was on fire…And instead of a fire alarm going off, someone had to call each person—one by one—to let them know. That’s exactly what’s happening right now at Fire Rescue Victoria. Firefighters are being phoned individually to respond to emergencies because the alerting system has completely failed—three times in just four days. […]
FIRE RESCUE VICTORIA IT FAILS AGAIN – TWICE IN 3 DAYS
For the second time in 72 hours, FRV’s alerting system has collapsed, leaving firefighters without automated emergency notifications. Crews are now forced to sit by the phone, waiting for a call to respond – just like it’s the 1980s.The digital alerting system? Dead. Again. Since the 2022 cyber attack, FRV’s IT network has been plagued […]