The ACT's newly-appointed Emergency Services Commissioner will initiate health checks for all his operational firefighting staff as a priority when he formally takes up the top job in the next few weeks.
The commitment by incoming ESA Commissioner Wayne Phillips will immediately win kudos with the United Firefighters Union, which has been pushing for the health checks for years and had been sharply critical of the ACT government for lagging behind on this commitment stemming from enterprise bargaining agreement negotiations back in 2020.
