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Earlier this year the NSW Parliament commenced a Parliamentary Inquiry into the Rural Fire Service. Over 600 submissions from the public and interested parties were received, with many of them being asked to give evidence at various hearings which were […]

Death and Disability Dispute Update It might not be in the news, but that doesn’t mean that our long-running D&D dispute has been forgotten. Whilst there is still no clear end in sight, there has been plenty of work going […]

Inside this notice Permanent’s back pay due 13 July Union dues and the GST

Members attending the Union’s AGM last December determined that the Special Duties issue would be presented to (and therefore be resolved by) a separate General Meeting of members to be held “within three months of the making of the permanent […]

Inside this notice: Rescue out-duties now OK Permanent firefighters for Perisher Valley State Rail Authority Fire Service – Back from the dead

The Australian Electoral Commission’s Returning Officer has today formally declared the final result of our Union’s elections for the term 2000-2003. There were 5376 ballot papers issued and 1247 returned (23.19%), 1245 being formal.

Further to the Union’s notice of 19 May 2000 which discussed, in part, retirement benefits for those members of the “old” State Super Scheme (SSS), the following advice may now assist SSS members contemplating early voluntary retirement.

As a result of more than 6 months of members at the 7 country Back to Back Roster Stations refusing to perform out-duties across Platoons, agreement has finally been reached with the Department for the appointment from today of dedicated […]

Acting-Up To Recommence 0800 hrs Tomorrow Members attending our last General Meeting held agreed to the re-introduction of acting-up for Leading Firefighters provided that the previous guidelines would continue, and that the Department agreed to always maintain a minimum quota […]

BACKPAY AND PAYMENT OF 3% INCREASES Both the permanent and retained 2000 Awards are now in force. The only copies currently available to members are those on our Union’s website, although the Department is required to provide a copy of […]

After a long and torturous process the new Awards for both permanent and retained members were ratified in the NSW Industrial Relations Commission yesterday.

This Sunday is the “red-letter” day for the firefighters that make up the FBEU. All FBEU members are encouraged to build on the success of previous turnouts by firefighters that has seen our Union’s representation at the march grow each […]