❓ Mr. Redman questions the Minister for Emergency Services regarding an agreement about a code of conduct for volunteer bushfire brigades. The Minister defends the application of the code, particularly in the Kimberley and Pilbara regions, and accuses Mr. Redman of past interference.
AnsweredQoN 756Legislative Assembly
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DEPARTMENT OF FIRE AND
EMERGENCY SERVICES — VOLUNTEERS — CODE OF CONDUCT
756. Mr
D.T. REDMAN to the Minister for Emergency Services:
I have a supplementary question. Can
the minister confirm the agreement sought by Commissioner Darren Klemm with the
Association of Volunteer Bushfire Brigades that the Department of Fire and
Emergency Services does not seek to endorse or consider a code of conduct as
part of the funding agreement?
EMERGENCY SERVICES — VOLUNTEERS — CODE OF CONDUCT
756. Mr
D.T. REDMAN to the Minister for Emergency Services:
I have a supplementary question. Can
the minister confirm the agreement sought by Commissioner Darren Klemm with the
Association of Volunteer Bushfire Brigades that the Department of Fire and
Emergency Services does not seek to endorse or consider a code of conduct as
part of the funding agreement?
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I do not know how clear I have to be
with the member for Warren–Blackwood. He knows this. He knows that the
code of conduct does not apply to those bush fire brigades. Bush fire brigades
in the Kimberley and the Pilbara are covered
by the code of conduct. I recently went through the Pilbara and the Kimberley
and met with all the volunteers up
there. I specifically raised the issue of the code of conduct with them and
asked them whether they had a problem with
it. Nobody had a problem with that code of conduct. That requirement has been
passed on from the Public Sector Commissioner
to the Commissioner for Fire and Emergency Services. As the director general of
the Department of Fire and Emergency Services, it is his responsibility to make
sure it is applied in the workplace, and that is what he is doing. If the member has a problem with that,
he should keep raising it, but that is the commissioner's
responsibility as a director general. I know the member for Warren–Blackwood
did not have any worries about interfering with the work of the director
general or the department before. I know he interfered with that all the time
as a minister, but we respect the role of the Public Sector Commissioner and
the directors general to do their work.
with the member for Warren–Blackwood. He knows this. He knows that the
code of conduct does not apply to those bush fire brigades. Bush fire brigades
in the Kimberley and the Pilbara are covered
by the code of conduct. I recently went through the Pilbara and the Kimberley
and met with all the volunteers up
there. I specifically raised the issue of the code of conduct with them and
asked them whether they had a problem with
it. Nobody had a problem with that code of conduct. That requirement has been
passed on from the Public Sector Commissioner
to the Commissioner for Fire and Emergency Services. As the director general of
the Department of Fire and Emergency Services, it is his responsibility to make
sure it is applied in the workplace, and that is what he is doing. If the member has a problem with that,
he should keep raising it, but that is the commissioner's
responsibility as a director general. I know the member for Warren–Blackwood
did not have any worries about interfering with the work of the director
general or the department before. I know he interfered with that all the time
as a minister, but we respect the role of the Public Sector Commissioner and
the directors general to do their work.
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