Premier Jacinta Allan has been slammed after she didn't meet with any CFA volunteers who rallied outside Camperdown's Killara Centre during her visit to the south-west.
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00:00What's important here is I will meet with anyone who wants to have an engagement that's open,
00:07that's frank, that's respectful. We're peaceful people. We're not here to demonstrate scream
00:13and shout and be awful. We're here to demonstrate that there is a very deep feeling of hurt within
00:20our community.
00:30I've scrapped the text to start with. That's the
00:59number one thing. The community is dead against it and I really think not too many people understand
01:12what the increase is going to be.
01:15Be mindful and actually have a look at what's going on before we start making rash decisions.
01:20It's not fair.
01:29I don't have advice on that, but given it's a drought, that would not be the best use
01:47of water now, would it?
01:57I think what's important here is I will meet with anyone who wants to have an engagement
02:03that's open, that's frank, that's respectful. And that's why I've been determined to provide
02:11additional support to our emergency services network because of the such vitally important
02:16work that they do. It is so important that we recognise that we provide our emergency services
02:24with additional support. It's why we are providing the CFA with more trucks and tankers and resources
02:30as a result of the additional investment that will come from the levy.
02:35And it's important that we do this because rural and regional communities are the most exposed
02:41to the ongoing and more fierce and frequent flyer and fire and flood events and we'll continue
02:47to provide them with support.