Key speeches from fire levy protest in Victoria

Farmers and firefighters take to the stage to speak out against Victoria’s new fire services levy.

Transcript

00:00Economic logic of this policy is deeply flawed and the social justice component is completely missing.

00:08Back during COVID, Melbourne was in lockdown.

00:11Country Victoria kept the shelves stocked.

00:14That wasn't luck, that was farmers, that was the truckies, that was regional resilience.

00:21For the first time in my entire life, farmers are truly united as one.

00:26We may be only 1% of the population, but we feed 100% of the people.

00:35This is across our community.

00:38The rich tapestry that makes Victoria so proud is being very much assaulted by this tax.

00:45So many pressures on and you introduced this tax so, so wrong.

00:49It's your choice, it's the state government's choice to leave this state unprotected, it's not ours.

00:54You haven't consulted, you haven't listened, you just don't care.

00:58People have come, they want some action, we've asked for action and that's what we're hoping to get.

01:04So we're going to do that chant again.

01:06What do we want?

01:07Struct the tax!

01:08When do we want it?

01:09Now!

01:10What do we want?

01:11Struct the tax!

01:12When do we want it?

01:13Now!

01:13Struct the tax!