2024 PERMANENT AND RETAINED AWARDS – UPDATE Last week the IRC formally made the new 2024 Retained and Permanent Awards, rescinding the 2023 Awards. These Awards are yet to be published in their final form on the IRC website, which […]

RFS NUMBERS UNDER INCREASED SCRUTINY A Daily Telegraph report this week confirms what the FBEU has warned for years: NSW RFS volunteer firefighter numbers have been significantly overstated. New data in the Productivity Commission’s Review of Government Services (RoGS) reveals a loss of […]

NEW FBEU JUNIOR VICE PRESIDENT Following the resignation of Junior Vice President Gabrielle Lee, the State Committee of Management has acted to fill the resulting casual vacancy in accordance with Rule 24(1) and (2) of the Union’s Rules. Station Officer […]

FBEU DELEGATES CONFERENCE 2026 – SAVE THE DATE – 24 & 25 MARCH IN SYDNEY Registrations are now open for the 2026 FBEU Delegates Conference – our most important forum for setting the direction of the Union and shaping the […]

AWARD UPDATE – FINAL PERMANENT AND RETAINED AWARD DECISION HANDED DOWN As previously indicated, the IRC today handed down its final decision in relation to the Permanent and Retained Awards. Disappointingly, they ultimately agreed with the positions put by the […]

AWARD UPDATE – DECISION TO BE HANDED DOWN TOMORROW – THE DEPARTMENT SEEKS TO DOWNGRADE RESCUE CAPABILITY This week marks the conclusion of hearings before the IRC on the 2024 Permanent and Retained Awards, with the final outstanding issues addressed […]

CODE RED – Station Design Guidelines Meeting Ban Members may be aware that the Department and the FBEU have been consulting on standard design guidelines which would be applied to all new station builds, reducing consultation time and delivering high […]

AWARD UPDATE As you may recall from our last SitRep on the 2024 Awards, there are only three clauses between the Permanent and Retained Award left to be determined by the IRC. We now have a date for that hearing, […]

SINGLE DAY LSL – UPDATE Following our urgent dispute notification to the IRC on Friday afternoon, the Department has now formally confirmed that SAM will be reverted to its pre-18 November configuration tomorrow morning. This means that members will be […]