SM your reliance of information from newspapers lets you down every time. Danial Andrews did the right thing by sacking the CFA board and the rest was all B/S.
Driven by the Liberal party to discredit DA while he was away. Nothing to do with the CFA.

Shadow, you may not be aware of the fact, but up to 20% of Green preferences flow to the Liberals. Our policy on the issue, and has been from the beginning, 'No forced amalgamations'
In MT's seat of Wentworth, there is a strong preference from Liberal voters for the Greens. In the seat of Melbourne last election between 20% and 55% of Liberal voters gave their preference to the Greens Adam Bandt over Labor, realistically it was around 30%.

579,

Your reliance on the voices in your head lets you down.

Dismissing the CFA board which is elected by the volunteer firemen from long serving volunteers is an act of bastardry to force them to betray the interests of the volunteers.

DA will feel the consequences when he has to face the highly respected firemen volunteers campaigning against labor federally and possible in the next state elections.

Paul,

In most cases the tiny No of preferences that would change is hardly noticeable.

The board was not operating in the interests of the volunteers. Rumors spread through newspapers are to blame for frustration build up. Volunteers are just that, how anybody can think their position can be changed has rocks in their head.

579,

Have you got anything that shows that the volunteer firemen elected to the CFA board were not acting in the interests of the volunteer firemen, because it appears that the volunteer firemen do. If they are convinced, your opinion carries no credibility.

With what the newspaper stories were telling them is what they believed to be true.
The fact is what was in the paper was fraudulent. A concoction of liberal fiddling and false innuendo.
Unions wanting to take over a voluntary service is absolute crap.
The FWA decision was all to do with the already integrated paid firefighters in the volunteer ranks.
The potency of this is vile, and has all the hallmarks of liberal treachery, while Andrews was away.