Christine Fyffe, MLA for Evelyn

Evelyn MLA Christine Fyffe spoke in the Legislative Assembly last week about the State Government’s management of Country Fire Authority matters.

“The government chose to laugh, sneer and make jokes when asked about harassment and bullying of women in the fire services,” Ms Fyffe said.

“The Premier should be standing up for women, but instead he refuses to condemn Peter Marshall and the United Firefighters Union (UFU).

“Media articles about Professor Caroline Taylor’s report — a report the UFU and the government want to keep hidden — all this week, and in particular the editorial by James Campbell in today’s Herald Sun, raise the question: what is the hold that Peter Marshall has over this Premier?

“Are the rumours, the allegations, true? The Premier needs to tell Victorians if there is any truth in the allegations that Peter Marshall has a recording of him making inappropriate comments.

“Is there any truth in the allegations of incorrect procedures and deliberate concealing of facts regarding a traffic incident that the Premier was involved in?

“If there is no truth in these allegations and these rumours, the Premier needs to tell Victoria why Peter Marshall has this hold over him,” Ms Fyffe said.