Local firefighters to protest new fund

Wade Stephens

FIREFIGHTERS from Mildura will join a mass protest at Spring Street in Melbourne today, opposing the introduction of the Emergency Services and Volunteers Fund. Set to replace the Fire Services Property Levy from July 1, money collected via the ESVF would finance emergency and disaster response services in Victoria. For the first time, the VICSES, […]

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