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ONE DOWN MANY TO GO   Although today’s announcement of fixing the structural funding deficit is welcomed, it only fixes one of the many issues facing FRNSW, which includes station amenities, an ageing fire truck fleet, lack of presumptive cancer […]

AWARD UPDATE   As outlined in Sitrep last week, we met with FRNSW along with government representatives this week to further discuss ongoing Award negotiations. FRNSW and the Government representatives provided information regarding the costing associated with both the Government’s […]

AWARD UPDATE Following on from SitRep 35/2024, discussions with the IR Minister has confirmed that the wages offer put to us by the NSW Government the week before last is in fact a baseline offer. This means that further consideration […]

Code Red Lifted – Hytrans Training Following discussions today, the Department has committed to training both Retained and Permanent on the new Hytrans appliances.   We have reached agreement on hourly pay for Retained who use the appliances. The FBEU […]

MINNS GOVERNMENT FINALLY ANNOUNCES PUBLIC SECTOR WAGES OFFER After months of delays and uncertainty, the Minns Government has today finally announced its public sector wages offer, and I think it’s fair to say that it probably wasn’t worth the wait. […]

AWARD UPDATE  On Tuesday, both parties and State Government representatives met before Commissioner McDonald to further conciliate on a way forward concerning negotiations. With the Minns Government rumored to shortly announce a further position on public sector wages, both FRNSW […]

OPEN DAY THIS SATURDAY – CAMPAIGN CODE REDS APPLY At the 2023 FRNSW Open Day, a newly elected Minns Labor Government proudly posed with FBEU members from across the state. A year on, FBEU members are still waiting for the […]

ELECTION RESULTS FOR THE FBEU STATE COMMITTEEE OF MANAGEMENT (SCOM) Following Sitrep 31, the NSW Electoral Commission wrote to the FBEU 2 May upon the competition of the count of ballot papers and have now formally declared the results for the […]

2024 SCOM ELECTION RESULTS The vote count for our State Committee of Management elections occurred today and I can confirm the following unofficial results in all contested positions: President – Mick Johnsen Senior Vice President – Marty Dixon Junior Vice […]

RETAINED TO PERMANENT PATHWAY In the 2023 Awards, FRNSW and the FBEU agreed to jointly develop a merit-based selection process for a new agreed pathway for Retained Firefighters to have an exclusive entry pathway into the Permanent ranks, with up […]

PRESUMPTIVE CANCER LEGISLATION UPDATE On Monday, Minister Sophie Cotsis wrote to FBEU members with an update concerning our presumptive cancer campaign. In the letter here, Minister Cotsis expresses her sincere thanks to members Matt Carrol and Bob McGowan who recently […]

AWARD UPDATE – FRNSW PROPOSES POTENTIAL WAY FORWARD ON NEGOTIATIONS   Following on from last week’s conciliation before Commissioner McDonald, FRNSW has written to us with a potential way forward to break the current state of negotiations. This proposal seeks that […]