PHOTOS: Striking firefighters hose down state parliament

June 21, 2012
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NSW firefighters went out on strike for the first time in 56 years to protest against attacks on workers' compensation rights by the O'Farrell Liberal-National state government. They converged with their firetrucks on Macquarie St, Sydney, and turned the hose on Parliament House to "wash away the stench" of this anti-worker government.


Photos by Peter Boyle.


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