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After a three year delay, Minister for Water has finally pulled his finger out and given us a guarantee that recycled water at Bluescope Port Kembla is safe.

Some members may be aware that Fire Brigades Union comrades in the Merseyside fire and rescue service in the UK have been fighting retrenchments. Following the collapse of negotiations, Merseyside fire crews have voted in favour of strike action over […]

The Department has sought today to unilaterally and without consultation remove Water Tanker appliances from Penrith and Dunheved Fire Stations.

A memo was circulated to W6 Station Commanders recently by management regarding the payment of meal and refreshment allowances. Not only did it contain highly offensive language it also implied a member could be open to disciplinary action for making […]

It emerged this week that the Department has recently conducted a training exercise on ANOTHER HIGHLY CONTAMINATED EX DEFENCE SITE and was planning to conduct further training at the site (ex Navy submarine depot, HMAS Platypus at Neutral Bay). According […]

Further meetings between the Union, Department and the Dust Diseases Board (DDB) have been held to implement the four point plan that was thrashed out between the Union and Department (see our Notice dated 21 July 2006). The DDB is […]

At 8:15 a.m. on August 6, 1945, the people of Hiroshima city in Japan became the first humans on the planet to pay the price of Nuclear Warfare. An atomic bomb was detonated some 600 meters above Shima Hospital vaporizing […]

Certain allowances in both the Permanent and Retained Awards increased on 1 July 2006.  Most of these increased rates reflect a 2.7% increase in the Consumer Price Index (CPI) since the last review in July 2005.

Inside this notice: Progression from QF to SF sorted Disability discrimination – Dept loses case and costs Medical certificates 2006 D&D Award update Its your Union – get involved Asbestos

Management of ESS (a global company which has the contract for private fire services at military bases near Wagga and Bandiana (Vic) delayed finalising a private sector collective agreement with its staff until today by giving assurances to the United […]

Two years and six weeks after ‘Operation Explorer’, the biggest NSWFB anti-terrorism exercise to date, the facts are finally starting to emerge from the fog of managerial responsibility.

As late as yesterday afternoon, the Department finally put the cards on the table and informed our Union that it can not and will not fund any wages increases as a result of the introduction of the second stage of […]