Archive for 'Fires'
The Hazelwood mine fire: privatising disaster
Posted by John, March 10th, 2014 - under Fires, Hazelwood, Morwell, Privatisation.
Comments: 14
As Luke pointed out when speaking to Red Flag after the meeting, “At the end of the day, everyone in there [the town meeting] is talking about what Hazelwood should do. The only thing Hazelwood’s interested in doing is putting money in its shareholders’ pockets. That’s the only responsibility they’ve got. They got no responsibility to Morwell or the Latrobe Valley community.”
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The fire crisis in the Latrobe Valley
Posted by John, February 24th, 2014 - under Firefighters, Fires, Latrobe Valley, Open cut coal mine.
Comments: 2
A public health disaster is unfolding in Victoria’s Latrobe Valley. The brown coal mine connected to Hazelwood power station has been burning since 9 February, and fire authorities are at a loss as to how to put it out. 200,000 people’s health is being sacrificed to keep the power – and the profits – flowing.
Firies, funding and pay
Posted by John, October 19th, 2013 - under Firefighters, Fires, Industrial action, Strikes.
Comments: none
I think that, once the fire danger has passed, the threat of a probably illegal strike campaign in NSW by all firefighters for massive increases in pay and government funding should be on the cards.
What firefighters really think of the Liberals
Posted by John, October 19th, 2013 - under Climate change, Fires.
Comments: none