Jeff Tougher speaks on the eve of his son Steven's death

Illawarra Mercury

Father of Steven Tougher, the paramedic killed on the job in 2023, Jeff speaks to the Illawarra Mercury on the anniversary of Steven's death. Footage by Robert Peet

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00:00Good afternoon ladies and gentlemen Jeff Togas my name I'm Steve's dad just to

00:06let you know that coming up on Monday will be the second anniversary of what

00:10happened to my family to commemorate it we are taking Stephen's law on the road

00:18for a road trip across the whole of New South Wales for five days starting Monday

00:23we'll be visiting every major hospital in the state to catch up with as many

00:29ambulances we can to get as many stickers put on as many ambulances as

00:33possible the reason for doing this is to get the message into as many electorates

00:39as possible so that when the police come back to the table they'll have an idea

00:44of what this is all about this is all about protection for frontline workers

00:47from paramedics to police to teachers to government employees nurses everyone who

00:54deals with the public on a regular basis the idea is to change the public's

01:00perception and that get them to take responsibility for their actions this

01:05which will make everybody's workplace safer I look forward to meeting you all

01:09on the road it's going to be fantastic as you all have been so supportive so far

01:15it's been fantastic and it'll continue to be fantastic until we get what we can

01:19get from the government I'd like to thank you all for your support

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