Update on ACC Campaign / Petition

Update on the ACC Campaign for Fairness and Equity for Volunteer Firefighters

The UFBA’s ongoing campaign to get volunteer firefighters the same level of ACC coverage as their paid counterparts continues. 

We have proudly continued to provide support for Katherine Lamont’s parliamentary petition, which was presented to Parliament with over 36,500 signatures. 

The Petitions Committee received the petition in May and requested for a written submission from Katherine for further information.

We assisted Katherine with the submission to provide context and evidence about why this change is important and valid. Katherine also requested the opportunity to provide a verbal submission.

The petition has now been picked up by the Education and Workforce Select Committee. They are working through gathering feedback from relevant interested parties, which will take some time!

We will work with Katherine to update you on progress when we can.

What can you do while we wait? Talk to your local MP and continue to have conversations about the importance of this issue. We need you to be our champions in this too and keep the pressure on. The UFBA can provide you with resources to support this – connect@ufba.org.nz