Liberal Senator JimMolan says he spent several days with the New South Wales Rural Fire Service and the volunteers made it clear that did not want to be paid.
Liberal Senator Jim Molan says he spent several days with the New South Wales Rural Fire Service and the volunteers made it clear that did not want to be paid. However, Mr Molan said volunteers should be “compensated for loss of income”.
“It is a really good thing what we have done today,” he told Sky News. “The government has announced there will be compensation for loss of income which preserves the volunteering system but also compensates a number of people who are employees of small businesses or are self-employed.” Image: News Corp Australia
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