AUG 28, 2015
UNION WELCOMES CANCELLATION OF OPERATION FORTITUDE
The union representing Australian Border Force workers has welcomed news that Operation Fortitude will not go ahead. The union was contacted by Border Force members who raised concerns their safety would have been compromised by the publicity surrounding this operation.
CPSU National Secretary Nadine Flood said: “We have been contacted by Border Force members deeply concerned about the way their work has been politicised raising safety concerns about the public reaction”
“While Border Force staff (formerly Immigration) have been involved in these types of operations before, they have never been publicised in this way. They were deeply concerned at the suggestion they would be stopping all people on the street, which is not how their work has been done in the past.
“Border Force staff do important work stopping drug importation, targeting organised crime and terrorism. Making them a public target through this sort of hysteria is completely unacceptable.
This high-profile approach has come as a major shock for Border Force staff who are frequently instructed not to wear their uniforms in public due to safety concerns.
“Their work is challenging under most circumstances but this adds another and unnecessary layer of difficulty to an already taxing task.
“We are calling on the Federal Government to stop cynically exploiting the work of the Australian Border Force for its own political ends, potentially putting these officers at risk.
UNION WELCOMES CANCELLATION OF OPERATION FORTITUDE
The union representing Australian Border Force workers has welcomed news that Operation Fortitude will not go ahead. The union was contacted by Border Force members who raised concerns their safety would have been compromised by the publicity surrounding this operation.
CPSU National Secretary Nadine Flood said: “We have been contacted by Border Force members deeply concerned about the way their work has been politicised raising safety concerns about the public reaction”
“While Border Force staff (formerly Immigration) have been involved in these types of operations before, they have never been publicised in this way. They were deeply concerned at the suggestion they would be stopping all people on the street, which is not how their work has been done in the past.
“Border Force staff do important work stopping drug importation, targeting organised crime and terrorism. Making them a public target through this sort of hysteria is completely unacceptable.
This high-profile approach has come as a major shock for Border Force staff who are frequently instructed not to wear their uniforms in public due to safety concerns.
“Their work is challenging under most circumstances but this adds another and unnecessary layer of difficulty to an already taxing task.
“We are calling on the Federal Government to stop cynically exploiting the work of the Australian Border Force for its own political ends, potentially putting these officers at risk.
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