Australian and New Zealand Council for Fire and Emergency Services has issued a deeply alarming forecast for Victoria ahead of the coming summer bushfire season.
While firefighters prepare to battle a high-risk bushfire season with depleted capacity and failing equipment, Jacinta Allan’s government has collected $600 million through the Emergency Services and Volunteer Fund—a levy introduced in their name—yet frontline agencies have seen no meaningful improvement in equipment or safety. Firefighters across Victoria are asking the same question: Where has this money gone?
The truth is unavoidable. This so-called “fund” is nothing more than a cost-shifting measure, and the people paying the price are the ones running into burning homes and bushfires to protect the public.
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