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Firefighter Luke Alexander Speaks Out on the Proposed Fire Services Levy

• Homeowner rates will rise from $191 to $254 per year • Commercial rates will rise from $749 to $1240 The United Firefighters Union has branded the Allan Government’s reforms to the Fire Services Levy a cynical cash grab to pad the budget bottom line at the expense of household budgets and public safety. Analysis […]

FIRE LEVY CASH GRAB GOUGES HOUSEHOLDS $600M

• Homeowner rates will rise from $191 to $254 per year • Commercial rates will rise from $749 to $1240 The United Firefighters Union has branded the Allan Government’s reforms to the Fire Services Levy a cynical cash grab to pad the budget bottom line at the expense of household budgets and public safety. Analysis […]

The Truth of the wrongful proposed legislation to increase the fire services levy

Fire Fighter Lachlan Butters speaks candidly about the truth of the snake like approach Jaclyn Symes has taken with the proposed increase in the Fire Service Levy. Her approach/Labors approach will only worsen the already disaster that is the Fire Truck and equipment crisis and place many more lives at risk. Don’t buy into the […]

IT failures continue to plague FRV

Despite paying millions on Consultants following the Cyber Attack in December 2022, FRVs IT system continues to be plagued by outages. Tonight firefighters in the Latrobe Valley are being forced to rely on back up systems to respond to emergencies as the Station Turnout System has failed. This is yet another example of a Fire […]

Emergency Services and Defence Trauma Recovery Unit Opens

We would like to congratulate St John of God Berwick Hospital Langmore Centre for their official opening of their Emergency Services and Defence Trauma Recovery Unit. The centre has worked closely with TPAV and our BlueHub team utilising our training as part of the upskilling of their clinicians to better understand the needs of our […]

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