 G'day all. Today I am deeply saddened to advise you that CFA has been contacted by a small number of survivors who were sexually assaulted while part of the CFA in the early 1980s. All of these reported cases have been subject to police investigations, with those involved charged, prosecuted and no longer involved with CFA. What happened was wrong and we are committed to working with the affected individuals to assist in the healing process for all survivors. Our priority now is twofold. One, supporting those affected and two, ensuring CFA is a child safe organisation. To achieve this, we have now set up a specialist support service through a partnership with the Centres Against Sexual Assault, CASA. The service will provide access to confidential counseling for individuals and their families. We established this support service in acknowledgement of the hurt and the trauma survivors have endured. CFA has already implemented measures to strengthen working with children check protocols across the organisation and is improving its child safety standards. Anyone needing support can contact the CASA service line on 95942289. Alternatively, CFA people can access any of the support services. I know this is distressing for many of us, however, we will work together to prevent this ever occurring again in the future. Thank you.