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COVID-19 Vaccination Policy Update Further to our previous Sitrep regarding the Covid-19 Vaccination Policy, FBEU has been advised by FRNSW that they will be sending a communication to those currently under investigation with updates on the matter, most likely by […]

FRNSW COVID-19 Vaccination Policy Decision handed down by the IRC This afternoon the Industrial Relations Commission handed down its decision regarding FRNSW Covid-19 vaccination policy. In this decision although the Commission found some difficulties with the policy, it was determined ultimately that the policy is lawful […]

Happy New Year Happy New Year to all our members. We hope you had a happy and relaxed Christmas and New Year period. We’re looking forward to a productive and successful 2023 with the help of our members. Draft Log […]

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 […]

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 […]

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. […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

  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 […]

AGMs AGMs are commencing next week. The 2021/2022 audited accounts can be viewed here.  Further, as you may have seen, there is one motion on Agenda for the AGMs being the recission of a previous Special General Meeting decision regarding […]