Canberra's firefighting capacity is set to expand in next week's ACT Budget according to this report in The Canberra Times of 31 May 2019. The budget is set to provide funds for the "preliminary design and preparations for two new shared fire and ambulance stations, one in the Molonglo Valley and another in the city", recruiting 36 new firefighters, and "$2.2 million on a … [Read more...]
Overtime taking its toll on ACT emergency services workers
This story in the Canberra Times of 21 April 2019 reports on the growing problem of increasing amounts of overtime being worked in the ACT emergency services, including much of it by firefighters, at a growing personal cost to them and a mounting monetary cost to taxpayers. … [Read more...]
Firefighters frustrated over enterprise bargaining delays
The Canberra Times reports on 5 May 2019 that despite recent industrial action the ACT's urban firefighters remain in limbo when it comes to finalising their work conditions under a new enterprise agreement: "Two years after their employment agreement expired, there's no end in sight for Canberra's urban firefighters in their battle for a new deal." The whole Canberra Times … [Read more...]
Court orders ACT government to hand over firefighters’ pay records
Another report in the Canberra Times about possible underpayments to ACT firefighters: the ACT government ordered to cough up the pay records of UFU members. … [Read more...]
Response to Canberra light rail emergency response
In recent times there has been significant media attention devoted to light rail emergency response. Following that, the ESA produced a video, which if left uncorrected might have been considered by some to be misleading. We have taken the opportunity to provide some additional information , which addresses the claims made in the video in the context of the factual … [Read more...]