2 days at FBEU office, 20yr reunion with fire college mates tonight. (sent from iPhone)
Thursday, January 27, 2011
Tuesday, January 25, 2011
NSWFBEU's YOUTUBE Channel
via youtube.com
The FBEU was formed in an era when a number of important unions were being established. Workers in Australia had come to realise that their only hope of achieving a better quality of life was by joining together in an association representative of their common interests.
Our Union has pursued those goals originally set by our founding members and because we have not adopted a narrow parochial approach, realising that national and international questions would impact on firefighters' future welfare, the Union is held in high esteem within the Trade Union Movement.
NSW - Sign up and voice your concerns, receive updates and take action. - betterstate.org.au
Invest in services
Guarantee that service funding and workforce size will increase as the population grows
NSW’s population is growing fast, but funding for services isn’t keeping up.
If NSW is to handle a rising population, our government must invest at current levels and increase this investment as the population increases.
Politicians must also maintain the current size of the public sector workforce and increase it in-line with population growth.
Look after public assets
Ensure that no public asset will be privatised without an Act of Parliament
Public assets should be protected and valued, not sold-off to private interests.
Privately controlled utilities will always be run to maximise profits for shareholders.
Where privatisation or large-scale contracting out is proposed, there should be a full community debate.
Being obliged to pass an Act of Parliament will ensure that the public will have a say in all future proposals for the privatisation of government assets.
Plan long-term
Develop and implement a long-term plan to establish world-class services and infrastructure for our communities
Government’s role must be to plan the State’s growth in a way that maintains a decent quality of life for our communities.
To do this, government must plan beyond four-year election cycles.
This can be achieved by guaranteeing any growth in population is matched by improvements to our vital public infrastructure, including roads, transport, schools and hospitals.
It also means investing in facilities to create vibrant communities.
Back our workers
Guarantee the rights of workers who provide services to the public
Public sector workers do remarkable things everyday like protecting the community, educating our kids, caring for the sick and keeping public transport on the rails.
There must be respect for frontline service workers who keep the state running and the support workers who back them up.
Service workers must be supported by government to do the best job they can.
Governments must respect the rights of the workers who provide services to the public to collectively bargain and be represented by a union if they choose.
We need our public and community service sectors to be energised to work for the common good, not demoralised by budget cuts and sell-offs.
Govern for the common good
Commit to govern for the common good and be held accountable by Community Impact Statements and State Community Audits
For our community to thrive, we all have a responsibility to work together to promote the common good.
The primary role of governments must be to promote the common good so communities can thrive and people can live full and meaningful lives.
This means the interests of communities should be at the centre of government decision-making.
Currently when a significant new bill or regulatory proposal is introduced, a ‘Better Regulations Statement’ is published by the Better Regulation Office. However, these statements are too lengthy, technical and bureaucratic to useful for the public.
A new Community Impact Statement must be produced, which clearly and concisely lays out how a proposal is likely to affect a given community.
It should be published separately to the broader Better Regulations Statement.
Additionally, a State Community Audit should also be produced annually to assess the overall impact of the State Budget on local communities.
Sign up and voice your concerns, receive updates and take action. - betterstate.org.au
Thursday, January 20, 2011
My Subaru Forester XS Wagon
Check out this website I found at subaru.com.au
Mmmm, let's see. It can take me to surf, snow, hol's, and it hooks up my iPhone to stereo.... I think we are sleeping together tonight.... :-)
Wednesday, January 19, 2011
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