Rural fire officials claim they still don’t have enough funding to complete their job, as a fight to redistribute the record donations of $51 million to fire victims continues. 9News
claim the service is underfunded and unable to do everything required, as the battle over $51 million in donations continues.
"We still don't have enough money to do what we need to do," RFS Association President Brian McDonough said today.looking into a new bill that would aim to redistribute the record breaking amount."The money's been given, it's been through the courts, it's allocated to the Rural Fire Service," Mr McDonough said.
The inquiry follows a Supreme court ruling, giving the RFS sole rights to the money raised by comedian Celeste Barber. Ms Barber's original fundraising page allocated the RFS and Brigades Donations Fund as the recipient of the money.
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