CODE 2, VOL 38, NO 22: 31 october 2024

2025 DIARIES AND CALENDARS

Your 2025 diaries and calendars will be mailed out in late December/early January. Please contact the union office to update address details if required.

UFUQ HELMET STICKERS

Your 2025 member helmet sticker is also in the pack coming to you.
You will recall QFR and the UFUQ reached agreement on your union sticker being placed on your helmet. If anyone suggests otherwise please contact your local delegate immediately.

AUDITED ACCOUNTS

In accordance with the Industrial Relations Act 2016, the audited financial reports for the financial year 2023/2024 are available on the union's website in the members section. 

John Oliver - General Secretary 

Authorised by John Oliver General Secretary 
United Firefighters' Union of Australia, Union of Employees QLD

v38#23 UFUQ LIFE MEMBERSHIP AWARDED TO JOHN OLIVER

In this edition - In an overwhelming show of support for the work John Oliver has done in the role of UFUQ State Secretary since his election to that role in 2010, the SCM recently unanimously voted YES to a nomination put to them to make John a life member of the UFUQ.

v38#24 UFUQ WELCOMES NEW GOVERNMENT & MINISTER

In this edition - I wanted to provide a quick update on the change of government and first congratulate The Honourable Ms Ann Leahy MP who has been appointed Minister for Fire (amongst other portfolios).

v38#22 2025 DIARIES AND CALENDARS

In this edition - Your 2025 diaries and calendars will be mailed out in late December/early January. Please contact the union office to update address details if required.

v38#21 EMSFC APPOINTMENT DISPUTED BY UFUQ

In this edition - You may be aware that QFD recently announced an appointment to the Executive Manager State Fire Communications (EMSFC) role. Your union has concerns about the merit and selection processes used by QFD as they relate to operational fire communications manager competencies. This whole matter is about how QFD managed recruitment and selection processes and not about any individual person.

v38#20 FIREFIGHTERS’ REMEMBRANCE DAY

In this edition - Firefighters Remembrance Day is honoured every year on October 10, with flags at all fire stations flown at half-mast and a minute's silence observed at 10am. For those at station, a siren blast from your appliance for 10 seconds is also fitting at the conclusion of the minute silence.

v38#19 SEPTEMBER 11 – COMMEMORATIONS

In this edition - On September 11 2001, after coordinated terrorist attacks on United States soil, the twin towers of the World Trade Center in Lower Manhattan collapsed.

v38#18 WORKERS' COMPENSATION LAWS AMENDED PRESUMPTIVE INJURY LIST INCREASES FROM 12 TO 23

In this edition - I am pleased to report that a process that commenced over 18 months ago with your union’s submissions to the Independent Review of the Queensland workers’ compensation system concluded on Thursday 22 August 2024 with the Queensland Parliament passing many amendments to the Workers’ Compensation and Rehabilitation Act 2003 (Qld).

v38#17 QFD – ‘A FIRE SERVICE RUN BY FIREFIGHTERS’

In this edition - This is an important time for you and your colleagues with the commencement of the new Queensland Fire Department (QFD). QFD was created to ‘enable… the Fire and Rescue Service to return to being operationally focused—a fire service run by firefighters’ (Minister Boyd 30 April 2024 Hansard page 1329).

v38#13 - WORKERS’ COMPENSATION CHANGES - PRESUMPTIVE LEGISLATION COVER INCREASE - UPDATE

In this edition - You will recall I provided Code 2 updates to you (most recently on 17 and 29 April 2024) regarding the changes to workers’ compensation laws currently making their way through the parliamentary process.

v38#12 INTERNATIONAL FIREFIGHTERS’ DAY

In this edition - As firefighters we dedicate our lives to protecting our communities and to looking after each other, and we take great pride in what we do.

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