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Big Friday

September 3, 2019

Big Friday 6th July 2001- NSW East Coast Every decade or so, NSW gets a ground swell that is bigger than the usual ‘East Coast Low’ wind swell that we get every now and [...more]

Women in firefighting

March 23, 2016

Announcement on diversity and women in firefighting issue to NSW firefighters and FBEU members. It caused significant discussion (and criticism) at fire stations and online. [...more]

All fired up

June 22, 2014

Kate vs Costa | The following was an article written for the FBEU annual magazine, the NSW Firefighter. It documents the story of an impromptu protest that sent ripples [...more]

Fire Strike

June 20, 2014

In 2012 I was part of what became one of the most pivotal moments in my Union’s history, and in the lives of NSW firefighters. It was a general strike of NSW firefighters [...more]

Sorry kids

November 21, 2013

Update: This post was made in November 2013. Today, 14 July 2014, our action on climate change is being repealed in the Australian House of Reps. The message remains the [...more]