Hi all,
Please find attached this week’s Media Report. As usual, if you could pass this on to members that would be appreciated
I have also attached an opinion piece by Tony Cutcliffe in the Australian (3 June 2010) and provided a CFA Connect link to the response from the VFBV. The first two pars are also provided below:
CUTCLIFFE INSULTS VOLUNTEERS
Tony Cutcliffe (“Many must share the bushfire blame” The Australian, 3 June) claims the volunteer based CFA “has been diluted by an influx of urban cowboys who cannot be allowed anywhere near a fire”.
In doing so, he insults 10,000 CFA volunteers serving in 200 brigades across Melbourne. Those volunteers provide professional standards of fire and emergency response 24 hours a day, every day of the year, to sixty percent of the metropolitan area.
More here: http://tinyurl.com/2cokr4b
Regards
Kris Perkovic
Media & Marketing Coordinator
