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UPDATE: Members, CEO Michelle Fyfe has spoken at length with the AEAWA executive this morning regarding the monitoring equipment at O'Connor depot, and offered her unreserved apologies for this situation. She thanks the AEA for bringing this to her attention. As you will be aware this situation has seriously impacted…

Members, On 18th May the AEAWA wrote to SJA management seeking an update on the organisation’s plans for the 2020 CEP programme for Paramedics, SOC staff, and Transport Officers. CEP typically begin in approximately 6 weeks time. The committee understand that the declared pandemic creates unique and challenging difficulties in…

2020 CEP Programme: Members, On 18th May the AEAWA wrote to SJA management seeking an update on the organisation’s plans for the 2020 CEP programme for Paramedics, SOC staff, and Transport Officers. CEP typically begin in approximately 6 weeks time. The committee understand that the declared pandemic creates unique and…

Job Keeper Employee Nomination Form: The AEAWA committee have received a number of enquiries relating to the JobKeeper application request emailed to all SJA employees. A number of questions have been put to the SJA executive in the last 24 hours. So far the response we have received has been…

In response to some enquiries from our members, the AEAWA would like clarify that we were NOT the union mentioned in Paul Bailey’s recent post on the CG Facebook page. The AEAWA respect the informality of discussion on the CG Facebook site which has been welcome over recent years and…

St John have provided an initial response in relation to several enquires made by the AEAWA in regards to the mandatory influenza vaccination policy. As with any new policy or procedure which the organisation propose to introduce, the AEAWA has sought to ensure that the wording and consequences contained within…

The AEAWA have recently written to the Hon Bill Johnston MLA, Minister for Mines and Petroleum Energy & Industrial Relations, requesting that the State Government consider an amendment to the Workers' Compensation and Injury Management Act 1981, to include a rebuttable presumption in favour of health care workers who contract…

The AEAWA are devastated to hear of the fatal incident involving fellow frontline emergency workers in Victoria tonight. We would like to extend our deepest condolences to the families of the police officers involved.

The CEO has recently issued an email communication regarding leave entitlements in relation to Covid-19. The committee is examining this communication as we speak, and while it goes some way to providing assistance for staff who become unwell, it falls well short of the 20 additional days paid leave offered…

  Ambulance Victoria welcomes Bruce, the new recruit 'wellness' dog for ALL AV employees. This program aims to improve mental wellbeing amongst frontline ambulance employees.