The bottom line: 62 VFA Positions Eliminated
Fisheries Officers, as we know them, will no longer exist in the state of Victoria.
Our fisheries will be left completely unprotected, unlawful poaching activity will skyrocket, and all our Fisheries Officers will be able to do is try to ‘educate’ offenders.
The VFA has been understaffed for some time, with vacancies being held over multiple years, particularly fisheries officer vacancies.
CPSU has sought to raise concerns around long-term vacancies with the Minister for the last 12 months yet had not had any traction in this area.
The information around the de-structure being put forward to the public by the VFA does not accurately portray the real number of job losses, only disclosing the number of ‘filled positions’ being lost, not accounting for the vacant (unfilled) positions that are also being abolished.
The table outlines the true and correct figures for total position losses across the VFA as a result of this destructure.
KAREN BATT
CPSUVic Secretary
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