BEHIND THE SEEN

29/10/2025

These draft policies aim to support community members who wish to honour the memory of a loved one.

20/10/2025

https://rescuehelicopter.com.au/media-statement/

“The Westpac Rescue Helicopter Service (the Service) is committed to providing a safe, healthy and inclusive environment, a trusted workplace where everyone is valued and respected, and a workplace that everyone is proud of and feels safe in. We are deeply saddened that anyone in our community fee...

16/10/2025

Firefighters put their lives on the line to protect the community.

It's time the Minns Government protected our firefighters by expanding presumptive cancer legislation.

Chris Minns Sophie Cotsis Daniel Mookhey MLC Jihad Dib MP

13/10/2025

12/10/2025

Today we remember the emergency services volunteers who paid the ultimate sacrifice while protecting their communities, at the annual Emergency Services Volunteer Memorial Service.

Names of volunteers enshrined on the Memorial recognise personnel from the NSW Rural Fire Service, NSW State Emergency Service, Marine Rescue NSW and VRA Rescue NSW.

The event, held at Mrs Macquarie's Point at Royal Botanic Garden Sydney, will begin at 11am. A live stream of the service can be viewed on the website: www.rfs.nsw.gov.au/news-and-media/nsw-emergency-services-volunteers-memorial-2025

10/10/2025

World Mental Health Day,10 October 2025
Mental health in humanitarian emergencies
World Mental Health Day serves as a powerful reminder that there is no health without mental health. This year’s campaign focuses on the urgent need to support the mental health and psychosocial needs of people affected by humanitarian emergencies.

Crises such as natural disasters, conflicts, and public health emergencies cause emotional distress, with one in five individuals experiencing a mental health condition. Supporting the mental well-being of individuals during such crises is not just important – it saves lives, gives people the strength to cope, the space to heal and to recover and rebuild not only as individuals but as communities. That’s why it is essential for everyone, including government officials, health and social care providers, school staff and community groups to come together. By working hand in hand, we can ensure the most vulnerable have access to the support they need while protecting the well-being of everyone.

By investing in evidence and community-based interventions, we can address immediate mental health needs, foster long-term recovery, and empower people and communities to rebuild their lives and thrive.

On this World Mental Health Day, let us intensify our efforts to create a world where mental health is valued, protected, and accessible for all, especially in the face of adversity.

09/10/2025

Matt U’Brien was a lifelong public servant working to protect the people of this state, first as a police officer, a fire fighter and then as an inspector for the resources regulator. In the course of his work he experienced numerous traumatic incidents, which eventually resulted in him suffering a serious psychological injury. But rather than being supported and protected, like he had done for others throughout his career, he was faced with a gruelling and hostile experience as he attempted to navigate the workers compensation system, as past employers tried to avoid responsibility and shift blame for his injury. This hostile and needlessly adversarial approach by the insurer responsible for managing his claim saw his life, and the lives of his family, turned upside down and turned over by private investigators who trawled through his online presence in an attempt to disprove his injury. They even conducted social media surveillance of his then 15 year old daughter.

This is appalling and unconscionable conduct, but it’s all too common practice by companies and agencies who treat injured workers with suspicion and retraumatise them when they are supposed to be helping them recover and find stability in their lives.

I’m so grateful to Matt, his wife Sarah, and their daughter Lillian for sharing their story with the committee this week as we looked into who will be impacted by the Labor Government’s cruel cuts to workers compensation entitlements. Their evidence was so powerful, and shone the light on how the poor management of claims not only impacts injured workers themselves but has profound and damaging effects on their families and networks of support as well.

The evidence is clear. A compassionate and supportive approach to injured workers is not only the right thing to do, it’s actually better for the scheme itself by actually helping workers recover and get back to work if it’s appropriate to do so.

04/10/2025

Don't forget daylight saving starts this weekend for the fortunate ones !
Turn your clocks forward one hour before going to sleep tonight, that is if anyone has an actual clock these days. Most devices should switch automatically. 🙂
Oh and check your smoke alarm batteries too :)

28/09/2025

Each year, the 29th September holds a special significance for Police throughout Australia, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Samoa and the Solomon Islands.
It is a day for police to pause to honour officers whose lives have been cut short while performing their duty as a police officer.
This important day is also a time to remember police officers who have lost their lives through illness or other circumstances.

24/09/2025

Trevor is a personal friend, and he is an integral part of the Fire & Rescue NSW fleet team, who keep the trucks rolling in at times deplorable conditions.

24/09/2025

PLEASE Sign this petition.
Countless lives have been killed or seriously injured on this section of road.
I personally have lost a good family friends son to this appalling road.
No more Local Council or State Government lip service or broken promises, this road needs fixing PROPERLY NOW !!

Woy Woy Road is a major thoroughfare for thousands of residents living on the Peninsula and surrounding communities travelling to and from the M1.