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Sitrep 26/2023

May 12, 2023

Meetings with MPs This week, we met with Sally Quinnell MP, Member for Camden, Nathan Hagarty MP, Member for Leppington, Roy Butler MP, Member for Barwon, and the Shadow Minister for Emergency Services, Gurmesh Singh MP. We have also continued […]

Sitrep 63/2022: Frnsw’s State Election Message; Draft Log Of Claims; Public Holiday Pay And A Christmas Message From Us

December 23, 2022

FRNSW’s State Election Message Yesterday, you would have received email correspondence from the Commissioner concerning “political neutrality” during the upcoming NSW State Election. Whilst the email addresses the limitations around firefighters’ capacity to partake in political conversations as a FRNSW […]

Sitrep 62/2022: Meeting With The Premier; Sydney Metro; Last Scom Meeting For 2022 And The Commissioner’s Fading Memory

December 16, 2022

FBEU Meeting with Premier Perrottet The FBEU met with Premier Dominic Perrottet earlier this week, to discuss a wide range of issues that are crucial to our membership. I was pleased that the Premier was willing to consider most of […]

Sitrep 61/2022 – Awards Gazetted, Metro Cross-tunnel Update, Presumptive Cancer Legislation

December 2, 2022

Awards gazetted by IRC Today, the Permanent, Retained and D&D Awards were gazetted by the NSW Industrial Relations Commission. They are now legally binding. You can access each Award below, and the copies on the FBEU website have been updated. […]

Sitrep 60/2022 – Metro Tunnel Issues Continue; Frnsw Breaches Safework Reporting Requirements; Log Of Claims Summary

November 25, 2022

Log of Claims – Member Meetings Complete and Survey Closed As members would be aware, we recently held meetings across the membership for members to provide input into the log of claims being developed for the next round of Award […]

Sitrep 59/2022 – Metro Tunnel Safety Concerns, Minister’s Smoke And Mirrors, Current Irc Cases

November 18, 2022

FBEU Highlights Major Safety Flaw with Sydney Metro Project Cross-Passage Tunnels As you may have seen across media this morning, we recently became aware of a significant safety concern regarding cross-passage spacing in the Sydney Metro rail tunnel projects which […]

Sitrep 58/2022: Agm Results, Country Officer Allowances, Log Of Claims Meetings

November 11, 2022

AGM results This last week has seen the 112thAnnual General Meetings held all around the state with the final meeting held at 92 Stn St Andrews. It was great to listen to the discussion and debates raised at these meetings […]

Sitrep 57/2022 – Member Meetings – Log Of Claims

November 7, 2022

FBEU Award Negotiations Log of Claims – Member meetings Last week we asked members to complete a survey to provide feedback on what you would like to see in the Firefighting Awards as we head into the 2023 negotiation […]

Sitrep 56/2022 – Award Negotiations – We Need Your Input

November 4, 2022

FBEU Award Negotiations Log of Claims – Membership input needed Despite the fact that many of you are still getting your back pay from the last round of Award negotiations in your accounts, these new Awards are due to […]