In the United States, private groups are often used by local jurisdictions or even insurance companies to help prevent property loss.
Edward Andrews from IPS Group says the United States benefits from using the latest equipment including state of the art helicopters while Australia's fleet is a lot older. Despite that, he's praised the high standards set by our firefighters. Image: News Corp Australia
So we can't pay volunteers but we can pay private contractors. OK?
Serco would be all over this. Then make big donations to LNP.
Incompetent wasteful politicians, there are thousands of ADF personnel who are more than capable of assisting to put them out.
Another privatisation who’d a thunk the Lnp would come up with that idea
More arsonists will lit 🔥 the fires, not only the volunteers.
“There are calls ......”. How many “calls”? From whom? What are the caller(s) financial interests?
Why the fuck would Private Companies be required in times like these when we have resources like ADF Fire Fighters , ARFF & even other states services at our disposal ?Where are all the FFs to staff these Private Companies not to mention appliances going to come from
Call up X RFS members to help out
For-profit fire fighting companies. What could possibly go wrong?
I'll wager that IPS Group is prepared to 'volunteer' their services in recruiting the staff and reaping the profits.
Who he f**** is IPS group? Another snake oil accounting seller trying to leverage some free advertising?
Don’t you mean paying the ones that are currently doing for landowners because the heavy plant register is a crock which makes us liable... been out there for 4 weeks now... passingthebuck JohnBarilaroMP
Do cool burn offs
Wtf. Call realDonaldTrump he will stamp it out just like a Democrat.
Where would they find such ‘Professional Crews’?
oh no.. not more liberal party privatisation
Privatising emergency services. What could go wrong there? Except everything.
A) SKYnews B) does above it Will Be CHEAPER.