Bill Shorten (Maribyrnong, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Financial Services and Superannuation) Share this | Hansard source

In the Queensland rural fire service, 45 out of 79 uniformed officers are being cut. What a recipe for disaster to cut fire officers before what is potentially one of Queensland's worst bushfire seasons! What did the public servants who are on maternity leave in Victoria ever do to be told by Premier Baillieu—'Red Ted' Baillieu—that they have to reapply for their own jobs?

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