维多利亚州紧急服务部长保罗·埃德布鲁克表示，他在周六发现一颗子弹被放在了他的车上 子弹上刻有“RAT”（老鼠/告密者）字样，被放在维多利亚州工党部长车上 维多利亚州紧急服务部长表示，他在周六发现一颗刻有“RAT”字样及他旧消防员编号的子弹被放在车上后，担心家人的安全。
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《先驱太阳报》周一首次报道，保罗·埃德布鲁克在与社区成员交谈后返回车旁，发现子弹放在引擎盖上。
The Herald Sun first reported on Monday that Paul Edbrooke had returned to his car after speaking to members of the community and found the bullet on the bonnet.
他对ABC墨尔本电台表示，这一发现让他感到“震惊”和“恐惧”，尤其是在联邦议员海伦·海恩斯上周遭遇所谓袭击之后。目前没有迹象表明这两起事件有关联。“我们在澳大利亚和维多利亚州享有良好的民主制度，”埃德布鲁克说。“我喜欢走进我的社区。
He told ABC Radio Melbourne he was “shocked” and “horrified” by the discovery, particularly after the alleged attack on the federal MP Helen Haines last week. There was no suggestion the two incidents were linked“We enjoy a great democracy in Australia and Victoria,” Edbrooke said. “I love getting out in my community.
“我那天在社区里。我一直面对面地与人交谈。结果回到车旁发现那个东西，我只是感到震惊。
“I was out in my community that day. I speak to people all the time, face to face. And then to come back to my car and find that, I was just shocked.
“我孩子开这辆车，你会开始想，‘我被跟踪了吗？谁知道我在这里？我被监视了吗？’
“My kids drive this car, and you start thinking, ‘Am I being followed? Who knows I’m here? Am I being surveilled?’
“这绝不含蓄——这是死亡威胁，一颗刻着我消防员工号和‘rat’字样的子弹。”埃德布鲁克表示，他的工号“非常具体，属于消防员专用”，更广泛的社区成员不会知晓。他说，在社交媒体上向他发出“激进威胁”和辱骂的，只有统一消防员工会的成员。
“And it’s not subtle – that’s a death threat, a bullet with my firefighter ID number on it and the word ‘rat’.”Edbrooke said his ID number was “very specific to a firefighter” and would not be known by members of the broader community. He said the only people from whom he was receiving “aggressive threats” and abuse on social media were members of the United Firefighters Union.
该工会正在公平工作委员会就消防员企业谈判协议对消防救援维多利亚州——一个由埃德布鲁克监管的机构——采取行动。自2021年以来，双方一直无法解决企业谈判协议问题。
The union is taking action against Fire Rescue Victoria – an agency Edbrooke oversees – in the Fair Work Commission over the firefighters’ enterprise bargaining agreement. The parties have been unable to resolve the EBA since 2021.
该工会还在对州工党政府发起竞选活动，誓言开展昂贵的广告宣传，并安排消防员在投票站值守，同时授权发布材料，呼吁选民在下个月的选举中将该党排在最后一位。该工会还计划召开会员大会，讨论是否彻底脱离维多利亚州工党。
It has also been campaigning against the state’s Labor government, vowing to run an expensive advertising campaign and staff polling booths with firefighters, while authorising material urging voters to put the party last in next month’s poll. It is also planning to hold a members’ meeting on the question of disaffiliating from the Victorian Labor party altogether.
谈到周一收到的子弹，埃德布鲁克表示：“我不会被此事恐吓。”“你会想到你的家人，想到其他议员，还有上周在旺拉塔发生的事，”他说。
Speaking about the bullet on Monday, Edbrooke said: “I’m not going to be intimidated by this.”“You think of your family, you think of other MPs, and, you know, what happened in Wangaratta last week,” he said.
“澳大利亚民主有一大优点，就是我们可以去投票站，吃根香肠，跟人聊聊。我们在政治上可以有分歧，但可以坐下来谈谈，我担心这种行为会让我们开始失去这一点。
“There’s a great thing about democracy in Australia, and that is we can go to a polling booth, have a snag, talk to people. We can disagree in our politics, but we can have a chat and I’m afraid that with actions like this, we start losing that.
“我们会开始出现一种反应，不得不加强安保，议员们也就更难接触普通民众了。”
“We start having a reaction where we have to have more security and MPs are less available to public members.”