Country Fire Service

Mr DULUK (Davenport) (14:46): Supplementary: this fire season, how many CFS brigades will still have crews put at risk by travelling to emergencies and fighting bushfires on the back of open CFS tankers, not in the added protection of four-door crew cab vehicles?

The Hon. A. PICCOLO (Light—Minister for Disabilities, Minister for Police, Minister for Correctional Services, Minister for Emergency Services, Minister for Road Safety) (14:47): Every CEO of any government agency has the responsibility to ensure that their staff or volunteers are covered by appropriate occupational health and safety provisions. No CEO, and certainly not the CFS chief officer or any other officer, would actually knowingly send a volunteer or employee into a dangerous situation, so I reject your assertion.