NSW RFS Commissioner Shane Fitzsimmons says he would put 'very little store in anything the Volunteer Fire Fighters Association has to say,' as they are 'highly politically-charged' with unclear motivations.
Volunteer Fire Fighters Association is a 'politically charged' group with 'unclear motives': NSW RFS commissionerCommissioner of the New South Wales Rural Fire Service Shane Fitzsimmons says he would put "very little store in anything the Volunteer Fire Fighters Association has to say," due to the lack of "access to information about who they claim to represent, how many they represent, and how they operate".
“In my decades of service, volunteers don’t want payment, it doesn’t make them volunteers, and they have given me that message loud and clear,” he said. Mr Fitzsimmons said "meaningful dialogue" is underway between Prime Minister Scott Morrison, Premier Gladys Berejiklian and Minister David Elliott about ensuring "unnecessary hardship isn't affecting too adversely our members".
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