What the press is saying about petrol, LPG, diesel, crude oil, biofuel etc.
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Volunteer Sacked For Swearing
10-03-2009 Herald Sun. John Willis lost his job as captain of a Gippsland brigade for swearing on emergency radio during the Black Saturday bushfire crisis.
John was battling a fire that had already claimed 50% of his own dairy farm and was threatening a house.
The CFA said the firefighter, who has 40 years experience, (has travelled on his own time to hundreds of fires - in Victoria and interstate - and worked at car accidents, storms and other emergencies, saving countless lives) was stripped of his rank after at least two outbursts during last month's tragic inferno.
"He wasn't a suitable person to represent his brigade, let alone CFA in a senior role," Mr Hogan said. "He's got a history of that sort of behaviour."
In our opinion, when John is willing to put his own life on the line to save someone else or their property, he may swear to his heart’s content.
This volunteer was fighting fires, some deliberately lit, where flames four storeys high, raced across the land like a speeding train, wiping out towns within an hour and where so far 210 people died.
And he swore.
It is not as if he was doing a cooking show on national television. News Article
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