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Mick Johnsen My name is Mick Johnsen, and I am running for the position of your Union President. I am a Senior Firefighter with almost 25 years in the job, and for my entire working life I have been an […]

Luke Russell I am Luke Russell, a senior firefighter of 20 years. I am running for president as I believe experience is what is needed now in the FBEU. I have previously served 2.5 terms as Newcastle Sub-Branch Secretary. A […]

Sandy Linton I’m the Deputy Captain at 507 Woolgoolga and I’m standing for election as your FBEU President. I joined our union in 2000 and work as a Retained Firefighter at a primary rescue station. I had been a station […]

The Union’s 111th Annual General Meeting is to be held on Saturday 30th October 2021 at 1300 hours. This year, due to the ongoing uncertainty surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic restrictions, State Committee (based on advice from legal counsel) will be holding 2021 AGM’s […]

FRNSW fines Firies On 20 August the FBEU put in place the code red advising members to adhere to level 4 restrictions. This code red was implemented as your union felt that FRNSW was not taking serious enough measures to […]

On 20 August the FBEU put in place the code red advising members to adhere to level 4 restrictions. This code red was implemented as your Union felt that FRNSW was not taking serious enough measures to do everything in […]

TOLing Dispute PAD Election  TOLing dispute As you probably all know by now, this week we were in the Industrial Relations Commission fighting a proposal by FRNSW to expand the list of stations that can be temporarily taken off-line due […]

Elections for State Secretary and President (Vacancies) The candidates for the 2021 FBEU State Secretary and President election have now been finalised and you can find the list of candidates here. As a requirement of of Rule 25 (3) the […]

Medical Notifications Policy  FRNSW has sent the FBEU a copy of a new policy they are proposing to publish titled “Medical Conditions Notification Policy and Procedure”. You can find a copy of the policy here and the procedure here. This policy, in short, […]

PAD   Following our previous communications regarding the attempted implementation of the PAD program, the FBEU have approached FRNSW with two options a way forward or we will see you in the highest court of the land. As always the […]

Vaccination Status Today FRNSW’s vaccination status entry into ESS went live. This is what your Union had been advocating for, and was ultimately agreed to within the COVID IMT. An email has been sent by FRNSW to all staff advising […]

Tonight Commissioner Baxter decided to make an unwelcome late appearance to the party and announced we would be taking on PAD work immediately. **Update** The two emails sent today by the Commissioner to all staff have now mysteriously been removed […]