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Sitrep 10/2023

March 1, 2023

Award Negotiations Stall Temporarily, SOSB Bans Discussed In our last sitrep we updated members in relation to Award negotiations advising that we had managed to secure some time, if limited, with FRNSW to discuss your Log of Claims for Award […]

Sitrep 9/2023: Award Negotiations, Health Checks And More

February 24, 2023

Award Update Further to the last update on Award negotiations, we can confirm, that after a fair bit of to-ing and fro-ing, we have been able to lock in 3 negotiation meetings with FRNSW prior to our next attendance at […]

Sitrep 8/2023: Award Negotiations, Campaign Launch, Senior Officers’ Subbranch Meeting

February 17, 2023

Award Update While members have been busy doing the job of FRNSW and campaigning to show the public how underfunded and under resourced we are (see below), the Department has been busy trying to stop fair negotiations for an Award […]

Sitrep 7/2023: Bargaining, Meal Allowances And State Election

February 10, 2023

Award Update Yesterday I, along with President Mick Johnsen and Senior Industrial Officer Rini Krouskos, met with FRNSW for our second bargaining meeting where, in line with SGM outcomes, we presented our log of claims. FRNSW were receptive to some […]

Sitrep 6/2023: Labor Promises 600 New Firies; Sgms And Logs Of Claims

February 3, 2023

Labor Promises 600 New Firefighters In a massive announcement for the FBEU, Opposition Leader Chris Minns has today committed to bolster FRNSW staff by 600 additional professional firefighters if elected. This announcement is the biggest investment in professional firefighters seen […]

Sitrep 4/2023: Latest Award Drafts; Sgm Dates

January 24, 2023

Award Log of Claims update – latest versions and SGMs Following a meeting of SCOM last week we can advise that your State Committee have now endorsed latest versions of the Log of Claims for the Permanent, Retained and D&D […]

Sitrep 1/2023 – Welcome To 2023, And Log Of Claims

January 6, 2023

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 […]

Sitrep 63/2022: Frnsw’s State Election Message; Draft Log Of Claims; Public Holiday Pay And A Christmas Message From Us

December 23, 2022

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 […]

Sitrep 61/2022 – Awards Gazetted, Metro Cross-tunnel Update, Presumptive Cancer Legislation

December 2, 2022

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. […]